Exorcism, Illness and Demons in an Ancient Near Eastern Context

Dr. Susanne Beck studied Egyptology and Arabic and Middle Eastern cultures at the University of Leipzig, Germany. She received her PhD in Egyptology at the Ludwig-Maximilians- University in Munich, Germany in 2015.Dr. Beck held the position of the assistant professor at the LMU in Munich (summer semester 2015). In 2015 she became the curator of the Egyptian Collection of the University of Tuebingen, Germany. Her research interest is focused on magical-medical and religious texts as well as the transfer of knowledge from the ancient Near East to Egypt.

• I Introduction 1 Origin and date2 Bibliography3 Description of the manuscript4 Reconstruction of the papyrus in its original form5 Content6 Language and grammar7 Importance of the text II Text with transliteration, translation and commentary 1 Incantation 1 (R:I1–I4/V:II4–II10)2 Incantation 2 (R:I4–III2/V:III1–IV8)3 Incantation 3 (R:III2–IV9/V:V8–VII5)4 Incantation 4 (R:IV9–VI2/V:VII5–VIII12)5 Incantation 5 (R:VI2–VIII9/V:XI, XII, XIII)6 Incantation 6 (R:VIII10–X9/V:XIV, XV)7 Incantation 7 (R:X9–XI1/V:XVI1–2)8 Incantation 8 (R:XI2–14/V:XVII)9 Fragments recto (R:XII–XXII1)10 Incantation 9 (R:XXII1+x+1–2)11 Fragments recto (R: XXIIIx+1–XXV1+ x+2)12 Conjuration 1 and remedies 1–4 (R:XXV1+x+2–XXVI12)13 Conjuration 2–3 (R:XXVI12–XXVIII5)14 Incantation 10 (V:I1–8)15 Incantation 11 (V:I8–II3)16 Incantation 12 (V:IV9–V8)17 Incantation 13 (V:IX1–X2)18 Fragments verso (V:XVIII1–XXI3)19 Incantation 14 (V:XXII1–3)20 Conjuration 4 (V:XXII3–4)21 Conjurations 5 and 6 (?) (V:XXIII1–XXIV6)22 Spells 1–3 (V:XXV) Appendix I: GlossaryAppendix II: Present appearance of the papyrusAbbreviationsBibliographyIndicesSketch of Papyrus Leiden I 343 + I 345Plates