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CAMIB 12A |
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Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Inside ll. 1-13: Incantation bowl for protecting a man named Mahperoz son of Hindu (מפירוז בר הינדו /מהפירוז בר הינדו) from curses and demons. The text is unclear, mentions judges and judgments. |
Language(s): | Aramaic (Jewish) |
Script(s): | Aramaic |
Dialect: | Jewish Aramaic |
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501 – 800 |
Date notes: | Coll. website (26/11/2021). |
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KYP A81 |
Archive name: | Mahperoz Incantation Bowl Dossier |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/709188001 |
Form: | Bowl |
Material: | Pottery |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: | Width: 18 | Depth: 4.4 |
Dimensions (notes): | From collection website (26/11/2021) |
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State of preservation: | Complete, repaired. |
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1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 text block in bowl, 13 lines inscribed in the centre of the bowl in a spiral going from inside to outside. |
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Findspot: | Iraq (Mesopotamia) (TM places ID: 47791) |
Place of purchase: | Iraq (Mesopotamia) (TM places ID: 47791) |
Writingspot: | Iraq (Mesopotamia) (TM places ID: 47791) |
Present Location: | London, British Museum |
Collection History: | Purchased from Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson in 1851 (collection website 29/11/2021). |
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Collection website: | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1851-1009-98 |
Notes/Discussion: | The name Mahperoz is Iranian, Mah-Peroz, meaning “Victorious Moon” (?) or “Victorious throughout the Moon” or “”Moon of (King) Peroz”. The same client, Mahperoz, appears in another six bowls found in the British Museum. The full archive (KYP A81) consists of CAMIB Bowl 6A (=KYP M3745); Bowl 7A (=Ellis Bowl 2; KYP M3747); Bowl 8A (KYP M3748); Bowl 9A (=Ellis Bowl 3; KYP M3749); Bowl 10A (=Ellis Bowl 4; KYP M3750), Bowl 11A (KYP M3752), a partial duplicate of the present bowl; Bowl 12A (KYP M3755). |
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Editions: | Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 12A. |
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Edit History: | Information from the “Prosopography of magic bowls” by Ortal-Paz Saar entered by KD (29/11/2021) |