A Corpus of Syriac incantation bowls
Subtitle: Syriac magical texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia
By: by Marco Moriggi
Series: Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity -- volume 3
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9789004272804; 9789004272798
Subjects: Syriac Inscriptions; Incantation bowls; Incantations; Syriac language; Texts; Paleography; Antiquities; Sources; Religious life and customs
Other titles: Syriac magical texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220), glossary, index, and script charts.
Table of contents: title: Syriac incantation bowls (list); title: Photographs and facsimiles (credits); title: Abbreviations; title: Sigla; title: I. Introduction; title: The study of Syriac incantation bowls; title: Methodology; title: The language of Syriac incantation bowls; title: Terminological remarks; title: II. Palaeography; title: Scripts of the Syriac incantation bowls; title: Syriac bowls and Estrangela script; title: Syriac bowls and Manichaean script; title: Conclusions; title: III. Texts; title: Glossary; title: List of angels, deities, demons, and other entities; title: List of clients and adversaries; title: Index; title: Script charts.