A Corpus of Syriac Incantation Bowls: Syriac Magical Texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia

by Marco Moriggi

The Aramaic incantation bowls from Sasanian Mesopotamia are the most important source we have for studying the everyday beliefs of the Jewish, Christian, Mandaean, Manichaean, Zoroastrian and Pagan communities on the eve of the Islamic conquests. In A Corpus of Syriac Incantation Bowls, Marco Moriggi presents new editions of forty-nine Syriac incantation bowls that were originally published between 1853 and 2012, with accompanying introductions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004272801
• ISBN13: 9789004272804
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.7" x 11.2"