Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 24A.Müller-Kessler C. “Die Zauberschalensammlung des British Museum”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 48/49, 2001/2, 122, 024A. Sokoloff, Michael. A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2002, Source Bo 135.Müller-Kessler C. “Die Zauberschalensammlung des British Museum”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 48/49, 2001/2, 122, 024A. Sokoloff, Michael. A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2002, Source Bo 135.Magical (applied) Incantation BowlAcquired in 1886 (collection website 23/6/2022).https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/710862001https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1886-0109-11Black1. Inside ll. 1-9: Incantation bowl for protecting…

Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 23A.Geller, Markham, J. “Four Aramaic Incantation Bowls,” in The Bible World: Essays in Honor of Cyrus H. Gordon, ed. Rendsburg, G. et al. NY: Ktav Publishing House and the Institute of Hebrew Culture and Education of New York University, 1980, Bowl C. Justi, Ferdinand. Iranisches Namenbuch, Marburg, 1895. Müller-Kessler C. “Die Zauberschalensammlung des British Museum”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 48/49, 2001/2, 121-122, 023A. Sokoloff, Michael. A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2002, Source Bo 35.Geller, Markham, J. “Four Aramaic…

Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 22A.Sokoloff, Michael. A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2002, Source Bo 134.Sokoloff, Michael. A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2002, Source Bo 134.Magical (applied) Incantation BowlExcavated by Hormuzd Rassam (coll. website 7/4/2022).https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/710864001https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1880-1112-1963Black1. Inside ll. 1-7: Incantation bowl for protecting a man named Aban, son of Daday (אבאן בר דדי), his house and shop from the evil eye, and for securing prosperity for them.Coll. website (7/4/2022).5018006Jewish AramaicCollection website (7/4/2022)Information…

Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 21A.Sokoloff, Michael. A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2002, Source Bo 134.Sokoloff, Michael. A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2002, Source Bo 134.Magical (applied) Incantation BowlExcavated by Hormuzd Rassam (coll. website 7/4/2022).https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/710211001https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1880-1112-1964Black1. Inside ll. 1-8: Incantation bowl for protecting a man named Aban, son of Daday (אבאן בר דדי), his house and shop from the evil eye, and for securing prosperity for them.Coll. website (7/4/2022)5018005.8Jewish AramaicCollection website (7/4/2022)Information…

Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 20A.Justi, Ferdinand. Iranisches Namenbuch, Marburg, 1895 Müller-Kessler C. “Die Zauberschalensammlung des British Museum”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 48/49, 121, 020A.Justi, Ferdinand. Iranisches Namenbuch, Marburg, 1895 Müller-Kessler C. “Die Zauberschalensammlung des British Museum”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 48/49, 121, 020A.Magical (applied) Incantation BowlPrevious owner/ex-collection: Hormuzd Rassam (coll. website 7/4/2022).https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/742944001https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1953-1010-17Black1. Inside ll. 1-7: Incantation bowl for exorcising the demons who haunt the house of a man named Aḥatu, son of Batšitti (אחתו בר בתשיתי), and a woman named Esparam, daughter of Aḥatonatu (איספרם בת אחתונתו) (Aḥatu’s wife?).Coll. website (7/4/2022).5018005.4Jewish AramaicCollection website (7/4/2022)Information…

Wessely, Carl. “Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme II.” In Patrologia orientalis 18.3, edited by René Graffin and François Nau. Paris: Librarie de Paris, 1924, p. 422 no. Q.Magical (applied) (?) Documentary (inventory)No acquisition information.Original use: (?) 1. Ro ll. 1-8: Prayer to the Trinity for the protection of the spirit against the works of the Devil (applied amulet for healing/protection ?). Re-use (?): 2. Inventory of documents (Greek).Dated by Wessely (1924) to the fourth century based on the Greek manuscript on the verso.301400FaiyumicWessely (1924).KD (27/5/2022); KD (24/1/2025)Egypt5 vertical creases (Wessely 1924).Sheet3807Egyptian (Coptic) GreekPapyrus21 column each, recto and verso. 8 lines recto.Prague, Private collection WesselyNo provenance information; probably from the…

Winkler, Andreas. “Magical Obstetrics: Anubis, Bird Blood, and a Black Shrew”, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 81.1 (2022): 53-70.Magical (applied)Previously part of the collection of Sten. V. Wångstedt; purchased in Cairo in 1966 (Winkler 2022: p. 54).Black1. Ro ll. 1-9: Formula identifying individual with Anubis; perhaps applied text for childbirth for a woman named Tacheredet.Dated palaeographically; see Winkler 2022: p. 54.-300-101Dimensions from Winkler 2022: p. 54.KD (20/5/2022)Cairo, Egypt (?)Ostracon (pottery)380614Egyptian (Demotic)Ostracon (pottery)11 column recto (convex), ll. 1-9.UnknownFindspot and writingspot guess based on purchase site, but very speculative, since Cairo was the centre of the Egyptian main antiquities trade (cf. Winkler 2022: p. 54).Cairo, EgyptDemoticDOW 113 Demotic Ostracon Wångstedt 113Published.Complete27402740274010.5Cairo, Egypt…

Magical (applied ?)Purchased from John Chester Greville, arrived at the Louvre in 1881 (coll. website 6/4/2022).https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010048972https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010048972Black.1. Ro ll. 1-7: Applied amulet (?) containing the names of the 7 archangels, perhaps for healing/protection.Coll. website (6/4/2021).395641No dimensions given on coll. website (6/4/2021).KD (6/4/2022); KD (23/6/2022)Egypt2 vertical, 3 horizontal creases.Sheet380419Egyptian (Coptic)Described as Greek on coll. website (6/4/2021).Papyrus12 columns recto (↓), 9 lines and 2 lines.Paris, LouvreProvenance unknown.CopticLouvre E 7445 EUnpublished.Complete.2744949Egypt

Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 19A.Geller, M.J. “Four Aramaic Incantation Bowls,” in: The Bible World: Essays in Honor of Cyrus H. Gordon, ed. Rendsburg, G. et al. NY: Ktav Publishing House and the Institute of Hebrew Culture and Education of New York University, 1980, 47-60. Pognon, H. Inscriptions mandaïtes des coupes de Khouabir, Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1898.Geller, M.J. “Four Aramaic Incantation Bowls,” in: The Bible World: Essays in Honor of Cyrus H. Gordon, ed. Rendsburg, G. et al. NY: Ktav Publishing House and the Institute of Hebrew Culture and Education of New York University, 1980,…

Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 18A.Magical (applied) Incantation BowlPurchased from Maj Clive Kirkpatrick Daly (coll. website 25/3/2022).https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/742820001https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1925-1015-7Black1. Inside ll. 1-8: Incantation bowl for protecting a man named Isoqay (איסוקאי) from demons.Coll. website (28/03/2022)501800Jewish AramaicCollection website (28/3/2022).Information from the “Prosopography of magic bowls” by Ortal-Paz Saar digitised by AS entered by KD (29/3/2022)South Iraq (Mesopotamia)Bowl3801117Aramaic (Jewish)PotteryMatronym/parental name is missing. The name Isoqay (איסוקאי) may be based on ysog 3rd m. s. imperf. Pe’al SLQ (cf. the form of the personal name YSHQ, Isaac), with hypocoristic ending. (Segal, 2000, p. 60).11 text block in bowl, 8 lines…