Item Summary

Bowl with written text comprised of incantations in the Mandaic dialect of Aramaic.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Aramaic incantation bowl].
Call Number
C0941 (Princeton Syriac MS. 8)
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5x21ts411
Publisher
[Iraq?, 2--?]
Language
Aramaic
Date Created
200
Extent
1 bowl
Provenance
Purchased by Cyrus H. Gordon in Baghdad, 1935.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Cyrus H. Gordon.
References
Gordon, C. H. "Aramaic incantation bowls," Orientalia, X (1941), 356-357
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Text begins: "In the name of Life. Let there be health unto the house ... of Shabor the son of Mamay."

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/fddd517e-d8c0-4262-bbdd-085b08f64480/manifest