Puzzling Words and Spellings in Babylonian Aramaic Magic Bowls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2823360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christa Müller-Kessler (0000-0002-9765-0776, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-114 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00017602 |
| OpenAlex | W2150199359 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Through work on the large collection of Mandaic lead rolls in the British Museum and collations of incantation bowls in various museums and libraries, it appears that Mandaic gnostic incantation formulas were often translated into Babylonian Aramaic and Syriac, but not the reverse. In Late Antiquity, MandaicVorlagenseem to have dominated the field of magic in Mesopotamia. Although, only a scanty amount of pre-Islamic Mandaic incantation material has been published so far, classical Mandaic literature already gives many hints of this fact. It turns out that many solutions to puzzling words or spellings in Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls can be explained in the light of a MandaicVorlage
Akkadian · Ancient history · Art · Astronomy · Incantation · Literature · MAGIC (telescope) · Mesopotamia · Physics · Ancient Near East History · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2017 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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