'For Aata-de-'abuh daughter of Imma', Two aramaic incantation bowls in the vorderasiatisches museum, Berlin (VA 2414 and VA 2426)

This article comprises a new edition of two incantation bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin originally published by J. Wohlstein in 1894. The bowls were written for the same client and appear to have originally been bound together. Both are directed against various types of malevolent forces, but each formula is otherwise distinct. The bowls contain a number of non-standard phonetic spellings, including Hebrew letter bet for Hebrew letter bet 'Aḣata-de-'abuh', for 'wild asses', Hebrew letter bet for Hebrew letter bet 'savoury', for Hebrew letter bet 'leave her alone', and for 'and that are not'. Both elements of the phrase 'be exorcized and rebuked' appear to derive from the root 'to be angry; to threaten, rebuke'. VA 2414 is remarkable in that the demon is told to leave the client in favour of the flesh and blood of gazelles and wild asses and, surprisingly, flesh-eating maggots.