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A corpus of Syriac incantation bowls : Syriac magical texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia

Title
A corpus of Syriac incantation bowls : Syriac magical texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia / by Marco Moriggi.
Author
Moriggi, Marco
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

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Description
xvi, 252 pages; 29 cm.
Series Statement
Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; volume 3
Uniform Title
Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; v. 3.
Subject
  • Inscriptions, Syriac > Iraq
  • Incantation bowls > Iraq
  • Incantations > Iraq
  • Syriac language > Iraq > Texts
  • Paleography > Iraq
  • Iraq > Antiquities
  • Iraq > Religious life and customs > Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFF 14-988
ISBN
  • 9789004272804 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • 9004272801 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • 9789004272798 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014006700
OCLC
872222421
Author
Moriggi, Marco, author.
Title
A corpus of Syriac incantation bowls : Syriac magical texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia / by Marco Moriggi.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; volume 3
Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; v. 3.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 14-988
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