[Aramaic incantation bowl].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Published/​Created
[Iraq?, 2--?]
Description
1 bowl

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      Subject(s)
      Contained in
      Princeton Collection of Syriac Manuscripts, 1239-1900 1600s-1700s
      Restrictions note
      Access limited: Material extremely fragile; Apply to curator of manuscripts.
      Summary note
      Bowl with written text comprised of incantations in the Mandaic dialect of Aramaic.
      Notes
      Text begins: "In the name of Life. Let there be health unto the house ... of Shabor the son of Mamay."
      Provenance
      Purchased by Cyrus H. Gordon in Baghdad, 1935.
      Source acquisition
      Gift; Cyrus H. Gordon.
      References
      Gordon, C. H. "Aramaic incantation bowls," Orientalia, X (1941), 356-357
      In
      Princeton collection of Syriac manuscripts, 200-1900 (bulk 1600s-1700s).
      OCLC
      812610666
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