 Some have been discovered in lead coffins, upon which the spell or curse has been inscribed.The religion of the Papyri Graecae Magicae is an elaborate syncretism of Greek, Egyptian, Jewish (see Jewish magical papyri), and even Babylonian and Christian religious influences engendered by the unique milieu of Greco-Roman Egypt.This syncretism is evident in the Papyri in a variety of ways.