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Author Bhayro, Siam, author.

Title Aramaic magic bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin : descriptive list and edition of selected texts / by Siam Bhayro, James Nathan Ford, Dan Levene, Ortal-Paz Saar ; with contributions by Matthew Morgenstern, Marco Moriggi, Naama Vilozny
Published Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations
Series Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; volume 7
Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; v. 7.
Contents VA. 2182 -- VA. 3854 -- VA. 2418 -- VA. 2428 -- VA. Bab. 2829 + VA.unnumberedD -- VA. 2269 -- VA. 2510 -- VA. 2419 -- VA. 2445 + VA.unnumberedC -- VA. 2439 + VA.unnumberedA (rim) + VA.unnumberedB (side) -- VA. 2435 -- VA. 3383 -- VA. Bab. 2765 -- VA. Bab. 4167i -- VA. Bab. 2792 -- VA. Bab. 2764 and VA. Bab. 2840
Summary The collection of Aramaic magic bowls and related objects in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin is one of the most important in the world. This book presents a description of each object and its contents, including details of users and other names, biblical quotations, parallel texts, and linguistic features. Combined with the detailed indices, the present volume makes the Berlin collection accessible for further research. Furthermore, sixteen texts, which are representative of the whole collection, are edited. This book results from an impressive collaboration between Siam Bhayro, James Nathan Ford, Dan Levene, and Ortal-Paz Saar, with further contributions by Matthew Morgenstern, Marco Moriggi, and Naama Vilozny, and will be of interest for all those engaged in the study of these fascinating objects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin, Germany) -- Catalogs
SUBJECT Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin, Germany) fast
Subject Incantations, Aramaic -- Catalogs
Incantation bowls -- Catalogs
LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
Antiquities
Incantation bowls
Incantations, Aramaic
SUBJECT Middle East -- Antiquities -- Catalogs
Subject Middle East
Genre/Form Catalogs
Form Electronic book
Author Ford, James Nathan, author.
Levene, Dan, author.
Saar, Ortal-Paz, author.
Morgenstern, Matthew, 1968- contributor.
Moriggi, Marco, contributor
Vilozny, Naama, contributor
Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)
LC no. 2018023282
ISBN 9789004373686
9004373683