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A corpus of Syriac incantation bowls : Syriac magical texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia / by Marco Moriggi.
Penn Museum Library PJ5615 .M665 2014
Available
Penn Museum Library PJ5615 .M665 2014
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moriggi, Marco, author.
- Series:
- Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; v. 3.
- Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inscriptions, Syriac--Iraq.
- Inscriptions, Syriac.
- Incantation bowls--Iraq.
- Incantation bowls.
- Incantations--Iraq.
- Incantations.
- Syriac language--Iraq--Texts.
- Syriac language.
- Paleography--Iraq.
- Paleography.
- Iraq--Antiquities.
- Iraq.
- Antiquities.
- Iraq--Religious life and customs--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Texts.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 252 pages ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
- Contents:
- Syriac incantation bowls (list)
- Photographs and facsimiles (credits)
- Abbreviations
- Sigla
- I. Introduction
- The study of Syriac incantation bowls
- Methodology
- The language of Syriac incantation bowls
- Terminological remarks
- II. Palaeography
- Scripts of the Syriac incantation bowls
- Syriac bowls and Estrangela script
- Syriac bowls and Manichaean script
- Conclusions
- III. Texts
- Glossary
- List of angels, deities, demons, and other entities
- List of clients and adversaries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004272804
- 9004272801
- OCLC:
- 872222421
- Publisher Number:
- 99958845545
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