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

Matthew Morgenstern; James Nathan Ford

doi:10.1017/s0041977x17000465

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

Matthew Morgenstern, James Nathan Ford

Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

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 in BSOAS 75/1, 2012, 1-31. Among the words discussed are 'wild boar', 'wailing', 'overthrower (type of demon)','burning' and 'protectors', all new to the Jewish Babylonian Aramaic lexicon, 'tusk' and 'broken' sounds of the shofar (as a maleficent force)", which show new meanings for previously attested lexemes, and the new plural form 'maidservants'. Additional evidence for the words or expressions 'attack (a type of demon)', 'help', (a divine epithet), (a type of demon), (a hard metal) and 'shofars (a type of demon)' is also adduced and a preliminary edition of the magic bowl Nippur 12 N 387 is presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-231
Number of pages	41
Journal	Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Volume	80
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x17000465
State	Published - 1 Jun 2017

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Keywords

Aramaic magic bowls
Incantation bowls
Jewish babylonian aramaic
Mandaic
Syriac

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