“The nurturer of the entire inhabited world conquers everything, Lord Sarapis, free the Artemidora!”
Vowel sequences are referred to as “names” in the Greek Magical Papyri as well. Here the sequence is increasing. In context of an exorcism this might relate to the idea of the increasing power of the seven Greek vowels driving out and away evil forces.
3rd century, Oxyrhynchos, Egypt, Inv. no. 01982 © Institut für Altertumskunde an der Universität zu Köln, CC-BY
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