In 1888 the University of Pennsylvania sponsored the first ever American archaeological expedition to Mesopotamia, to Nippur, about 160 km south of Baghdad. Among the artefacts discovered were the remains of over 100 inscribed bowls from the early centuries CE. Some contain unidentifiable writing, b...

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1. Verfasser:	Montgomery, James Alan (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1913
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge library collection. Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
Schlagworte:	Quelle Aramäisch Beschwörung Nippur
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	In 1888 the University of Pennsylvania sponsored the first ever American archaeological expedition to Mesopotamia, to Nippur, about 160 km south of Baghdad. Among the artefacts discovered were the remains of over 100 inscribed bowls from the early centuries CE. Some contain unidentifiable writing, but most carry spiral inscriptions of exorcism texts in one of three Aramaic dialects and scripts: that of the Babylonian Talmud, a Syriac dialect, and Mandaic. This book, first published in 1913, contains transcriptions and annotated translations of texts from forty of the bowls, together with an inscription found on a human skull, and 41 illustrations. A substantial introduction sets the material in the broader context of Hellenistic magic. The author traces the bowl magic back to ancient Babylonian sorcery, and explores its relations with cuneiform religious texts and Greek magical papyri, emphasising its culturally eclectic character and the diversity of its users
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (374 pages)
ISBN:	9780511792854
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511792854