Symbols from the "Greek magical papyri"

Papyrus

	Purpose of the operation	Other deities mentioned in the text	Notes
PGM III.1-64	To deprive the driver of the chariot races (with the help of the spirit of a cat killed by a ritual method)	Hermes and the composite deity Hermeticus	This spell is akin to a defixion; It uses lead plates
PGM IV.1390-1495	Enchantment, designed to arouse a love affair for the operator (with the help of the spirits of heroes, gladiators or other people killed by violent death)	Anubis, Ereshkigal, Hermes, Isis, Persephone, Pluto, Zeus	Also used are Hebrew divine names
PGM IV.2006-2125	Enchantments that help the operator to find the desired object (the application is not limited to the love or sexual sphere)	Osiris	The image of the three-body Hecate with a cow, a virgin and pysimi heads
PGM IV.2241-2358	Enchantment of the Defective Moon	Hermes, Mena, the Archangel Michael, Osiris, Persephone (Cora)	There is a long sequence of voces magicae
PGM IV.2441-2621	Enchantment, awakening attraction, sending illnesses and death, dreaming divine revelations	Aphrodite, Artemis, Ereshkigal, Hermes, Persephone, Selena	Three separate coercive spells with voces magicae
PGM IV.2622-2707	Enchantment, awakening attraction, sending dreams, causing illness, eliminating enemies and giving protection	Selena	The carved image of Hecate on a magnetite heart
PGM IV.2708-2784	Love charms that arouse attraction to the operator	Artemis, Ereshkigal, Persephone (Cora), Selena	The offering in a clay brazier on the roof of a high house on the 13th or 14th day of the lunar month
PGM IV.2785-2890	Prayer for Selene for any magical operation	Artemis, Mena, Persephone, Selena	Amulet of a magnet with the image of a three-body Hecate with a dog, a horned maiden and goats
PGM IV.2943-2966	Love Enchantment for awakening attraction in reality		To make a figure of a dog with the eyes of a bat and leave it at the crossroads
PGM VII.686-702	The Dipper Spell	Artemis	Used five letters of the Ephesians
PGM VII.756-794	Prayer	Mena	Contains a list of characters and symbols
PGM VII.862-918	Claudian's Moonwatch	Ereshkigal, Selena	The names of the twelve angels are used
PGM XXXVI.187-210	Love Enchantment for Awakening		Jewish Hebrew names and a square with Greek vowels are used
PGM LXX.4-25	Charms of Hecate Ereshkigal against fear of punishment	Ereshkigal	The first two of the Ephesian writings are used
PGM CXIV.1-14	Enchantment against epilepsy		Only survived in fragments
PGM CXXIII.a-f	Healing Enchantment	The one (the pseudo-head baboon)	Jewish Hebrew names and names of angels are used
Falasarna (Crete), ca. IV century. BC.	Protective Enchantment	Apollo, Hercules, Nick, Zeus	They were preserved only in fragments; The Ephesian script is used
Egypt, ca. II-III centuries. AD ("Supplementum Magicum", 49)	Love Enchantment	Aeon, Aphrodite, Artemis, Nykt, Erebus, Persephone	They were preserved only in fragments; Include a list of characters and symbols

 
Several spells from the "Greek magical papyri" provide lists of signs and symbols for the appeal to Hecate. Below is a table on the basis of which it is possible to draw conclusions about how often such symbols were used. The table also includes symbols and signs from the magic papyrus of the same period, included in the "Supplementum Magicum", 49.

Table of symbols used in spells and spells associated with Hecate

Symbolic Item	PGM IV.2334-2338	PGM VII.780-785	PGM LXX.4-25	Supplementum Magicum , 49
Virgo		X	X
Black Dog	X	X	X	X
Snake			X	X
Garland or wreath		X	X
Key	X	X	X	X
Wand, Wand of the Hierarch	X	X	X	X
Gold sandal			X	X
Bronze sandal	X			X