Jewish Amulets in the United States National Museum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3963731 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I M Casanowicz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1916 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Pages | 154 |
| Publication date | 1916-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/592676 |
| OpenAlex | W2314698537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
An amulet for the protection of Daniel, son of Berakah, against evil spirits, sickness, the evil eye and magic. Manuscript written on vellum, measuring 141/2 by 61/2 inches. From Tunis, North Africa. The amulet is a sort of palimpsest, written upon the erasures of what was likewise an amulet, to judge from the traces of the script and figures still discernible. But the present text also seems subsequently to have been used by, or intended for, another person, as the name of the present client and a few other words are written in a different hand from the rest of the writing on erased places. The larger part of the manuscript is fitted out with various devices and figures, scriptural passages and mystical names; the invocation or conjuration proper, written in smaller script than the rest, occupies a comparatively small space at the bottom. On top '2.1JJI2D '1D=I0 '1J for which see JAOS 36. 158. Underneath in the center, a square inscribed with *l',8 and Ml each written in the regular and reversed order. On the sides of the square are four of the 72 three-lettered names of God, derived from Ex. 14. 19-21 (ib. p. 155). To the right. of the square, 'Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live' (Ex. 22. 18) in six permutations; to the left, 22 (corresponding to the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet?) three-lettered mystical names, followed by Gen. 49. 18, 'I wait for thy help, 0 JHiVH,' and the initials of the doxology, 'Blessed be the name of his glorious Kingdom for ever.' The second division is marked off on each of the four corners by the words M'ICT1 D 3l't D'D3 0O WD M, for which see JAOS 36. 158. In the center, Psalm 67, written in form of the seven-branched candlestick (menorah), with the divine names
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 1990 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |