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From Follett
Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-18) and indexes.;Machine generated contents note: The Typology of the Incantation Bowls: -- Physical Features and Decorative Aspects -- by E.C.D. Hunter -- Concordance of Document Numbers Technical Tables by E.C.D. Hunter -- Select Bibliography Indices of Names -- I. Deities, angels, demons, and nomina barbara -- Principal Abbreviations -- II. Clients, adversaries, and localities -- Introduction -- Glossary: -- Table of Registration Numbers and Provenances Aramaic -- by C.B.F. Walker Hebrew -- Mandaic -- Table of Clients Syriac -- Schemes of Transliteration; Symbols General Index -- Texts: Transliteration, Translation and Commentary Index of Authors -- Aramaic: 001A-075A -- Mandaic: 076M-116M Index of Quotations -- Syriac: 117ES-119ES; 120SY -- Pseudoscripts: 121Ps-142Ps Table of Scripts by E.C.D. Hunter -- Formulae Plates -- Refrains: A, B, C, D..
From the Publisher
The British Museum's collection of incarnation bowls found in Mesopotamia is probably second only to that of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. The function of the bowls, which have magical texts mainly in Jewish Aramaic and Mandaic scripts, is uncertain, but was probably to serve as a trap for evil spirits. This catalogue provides a transliteration, translation and commentary on the text of each of 142 bowls or fragments of bowls. It also includes a typological study of the physical and decorative features of the bowls, some of which have anthropomorphic or zoomorphic drawings, and a glossary and table of scripts.