Preface (vii)

Acknowledgements (xii)

Partial Bibliography and List of Abbreviations (xix)

I Introduction (1)

II National Elements and Influences (22)
     I.   Egyptian
     II.  Jewish
     III. Persian
     IV. Greek

III General Protection and Benefit (45)

IV Medical Magic I (51)
     Digestive Amulets
     Colic

V Medical Magic II (67)
     Fever
     Diseases of the Eye
     Sciatica
     Miscellaneous

VI Medical Magic III (79)
     The Curse of Eve

VII Unseen Perils 95

VIII Aggressive Magic (103)
     Turning Away Wrath
     Dividing Lover and Lover
     Black Magic
     Love Amulets

IX The Snake-legged God with the Cock’s Head (123)

X The Young Sun (140)

XI Helios and Other Solar Types (148)

XII Pantheistic and Monstrous Forms (156)
     Pantheos
     Snake-Headed Demons

XIII Inscriptions I (167)
     Names and Epithets
     Acclamations
     Inscriptions Showing the Purpose of the Amulets
     Liturgical Fragments

XIV Inscriptions II — Cryptic (186)
      Magical Names of Gods, and Words Associated with Special Designs
      Words with Probable Solar Relations
      Magical Hapax Eiremena
      Palindromes
      Longer Formulas with Special Affinities

XV Palestinian, Syrian, and Christian Amulets (208)

XVI Unusual, Obscure, and Problematical Types (229)
      Pig and Snake
      The Guardian Serpent
      Ophicus
      Sarapis Enthroned
      Unusual Shapes
      The Trophy
      An Astrological Problem

Descriptions of the Plates (249)
      Introduction (p. 249-253)
      D. 1- D. 52, Egyptian Gods (p. 253-262)
      D. 53 - D. 67, Greek Gods (p. 262-264)
      D. 68 - D. 76, Mithraic Elements (p. 264-266)
      D. 77 - D. 147, Medical Magic (p. 266-277)
      D. 148 - D. 161, Unseen Perils and Aggressive Magic (p. 277-279)
      D. 162 - D. 188, The Snake-Legged God (p. 280-284)
      D. 189 - D. 221, Harpocrates, the Young Sun (p. 285-290)
      D. 222 - D. 250, Helios and Other Sun Types  (p. 291-294)
      D. 251 - D. 267, Pantheistic and Monstrous Forms  (p. 294-298)
      D. 269 - D. 293, Inscriptions  (p. 298-302)
      D. 294 - D. 347, Palestinian, Syrian, Christian  (p. 302- 312)
      D. 348 - D. 388, Unusual and Obscure Types  (p. 312-320)
      D. 389 - D. 398, Miscellaneous Types (p. 320-323)

Addenda (324)

Indexes (327)
      Subjects (327)
      Greek Words (332)
      Magical Words, Names, and Formulas (332)
      Grammatical Details (333)
      Inscriptions Emended (333)
      Amulets in the British Museum (333)

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