Abstract

The fear of the evil eye is common throughout the world and found in many cultures. Interestingly, there are only a few examples known from ancient Egypt, even if sources such as the Temple Library of Edfu state that there existed rituals against the evil eye. The following article presents papyrus BM EA10563, which contains a new spell against the evil eye, before all known attestations are presented in chronological order and discussed. [Formula: see text]

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