On some readings and interpretations in the Aramaic incantation bowls and related texts

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ID2817845
AuthorsMatthew Morgenstern (0000-0001-8526-941X, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), James Nathan Ford (Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume80
Issue2
Pages191-231
Publication date2017-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x17000465
OpenAlexW2728003166
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited36

This study takes a new look at a number of obscure passages in the Aramaic incantation bowls and related texts discussed in Christa Müller-Kessler's article "More on puzzling words and spellings in Aramaic incantation bowls and related texts", published inBSOAS75/1, 2012, 1-31. Among the words discussed are ברזא 'wild boar', מנוביא 'wailing', מסחיפתא 'overthrower (type of demon)', ספסיפא 'burning' and פרהזני 'protectors', all new to the Jewish Babylonian Aramaic lexicon, ככא 'tusk' and תברי "'broken' sounds of theshofar(as a maleficent force)", which show new meanings for previously attested lexemes, and the new plural form שולניתא 'maidservants'. Additional evidence for the words or expressions פגיתא 'attack (a type of demon)', אידיורא 'helper' / אידיורותא 'help', חי חי מץ (a divine epithet), מרוביא (a type of demon), נירבא (a hard metal) and שיפורי 'shofars(a type of demon)' is also adduced and a preliminary edition of the magic bowl Nippur 12 N 387 is presented

Art · Astronomy · Demon · Incantation · Linguistics · Literature · MAGIC (telescope) · Miscellany · Physics · Plural · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy

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