Bowls used in magic to protect against evil influences
Mandaic-language incantation bowl
Incantation bowls are a form of protective magic found in what is now Iraq and Iran. Produced in the Middle East during late antiquity from the sixth to eighth centuries, particularly in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria,[1] the bowls were usually inscribed in a spiral, beginning from the rim and moving toward the center. Most are inscribed in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic.
The bowls were buried face down and were meant to capture demons. They were commonly placed under the threshold, courtyards, in the corner of the homes of the recently deceased and in cemeteries.[2]
The majority of Mesopotamia's population were either Christian, Manichaean, Mandaean, Jewish, or adherents of the ancient Babylonian religion, all of whom spoke Aramaic dialects. Zoroastrians who spoke Persian also lived here. Mandaeans and Jews each used their own Aramaic variety, although very closely related. A subcategory of incantation bowls are those used in Jewish and Christian magical practice (see Jewish magical papyri for context). The majority of recovered incantation bowls were written in Jewish Aramaic. These are followed in frequency by the Mandaic language and then Syriac. A handful of bowls have been discovered that were written in Arabic or Persian. An estimated 10% of incantation bowls were not written in any real language but pseudo-script. They are thought to be forgeries by illiterate “scribes” and sold to illiterate clients. The bowls are thought to have been regularly commissioned across religious lines.[3]
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An incantation, a spell, a charm, an enchantment, or a bewitchery, is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The...
are Jewish magical inscriptions, typically on amulets, ostraca, and incantation bowls. Although magic was forbidden by Levitical law in the Hebrew Bible...
written in a false script which has no meaning. The correctly worded incantationbowl was capable of warding off Lilith or Lilit from the household. Lilith...
Metatron from 3 Enoch 48D, Yahoel and Metatron are also linked in Aramaic incantationbowl inscriptions. The Babylonian Talmud mentions Metatron by name in three...
in Mesopotamia confirms that it was indeed at one time used on an incantationbowl from the 7th century. However, as the text thereon only lists names...
Veröffentlichungen (Leiden: Brill 1939), pp. 228–229. Tapani Harvaianen, An Aramaic IncantationBowl from Borsippa. Another Specimen of Eastern Aramaic “Koiné”, Studia...
how to avert it are found in a form of early protective magic called incantationbowl or magic bowls. The bowls were produced in the Middle East, particularly...
texts are lead amulets from about the third century CE, followed by incantation bowls from about 600 CE. The important religious texts survived in manuscripts...
pp. 401–XXI, 1850 [2] Ford, James Nathan, "Another Look at Mandaic IncantationBowl BM 91715", Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 29.1, 2002 [3]...
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small finds at the site was an Akkadian period die. and a terracotta incantationbowl written in "typical Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Sasanian period"...
attestation appears as citations of Jer 2:1–2 and Ez 21:23 on an Aramaic Incantationbowl found in Nippur, Babylonia. In Talmudic times (and to this day in Yemenite...
epigraphic sources for the dialect are the hundreds of inscriptions on incantation bowls. The language was closely related to other Eastern Aramaic dialects...
artwork and handcrafts from post-Islamic structures and sites in Iraq Incantationbowl, Mesopotamia, Sassanid period, 6th or 7th century Plaster with boar...
Baba Bathra 73a; Shabbat 101a), or myšyn as attested in an Aramaic incantationbowl from Nippur, which was later adapted by the Arab conquerors as Maysān...
History". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Marcato, Enrico (2020). "An Aramaic IncantationBowl and the Fall of Hatra". Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History. 7...
U+0840–U+085F: Bowl with incantation for Buktuya and household, c. 200-600 CE (Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada) Bowl with incantation for Kuktan Pruk...
writing medium containing incantations in the Mandaic script incised onto lead sheets with a pin. Some Mandaic incantations are found on gold and silver...
ISBN 88-7653-587-X. together with Christa Müller-Kessler, A Unique Talmudic Aramaic IncantationBowl, Journal of the American Oriental Society 120 (2000), pp. 159–165....
in for the Queen and hang the cider-soaked toast in the tree. Then an incantation is usually recited. A folktale from Somerset reflecting this custom tells...
of visiting orchards in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year...
their enemies. Amulet Apotropaic magic - protective magic Charm - an incantation or spell Charmstone Cross necklace Evil eye Hamsa List of good-luck charms...
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