A Unique Talmudic Aramaic Incantation Bowl

Generally, incantation bowls are written in a formal standardized literary Eastern Aramaic or, less frequently, in a "koiné" of Southern Babylonian Aramaic. The present article treats a magic bowl that is written in an idiom that is related to Talmudic Aramaic. Although the term Talmudic A...

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Published in:Journal of the American Oriental Society 2000-04, Vol.120 (2), p.159-165
Main Authors: Müller-Kessler, Christa, Kwasman, Theodore
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropological linguistics
Arabic language
Aramaic language
Archaeology
Art and archaeology
Babylonian Talmud
Culture
Dialectology
Dialects
Environmental assessment
Equipment and supplies
Ethnology and anthropology
Generalities
Hebrew language
Idioms
Incantations
Jewish rituals
Jews
Judaism
Language and languages
Linguistics
Literary criticism
Methods
Oriental studies
Outbuildings
Prepositions
Religious articles
Research principies
Social history
Traditional law
Verbs
Words
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Summary:Generally, incantation bowls are written in a formal standardized literary Eastern Aramaic or, less frequently, in a "koiné" of Southern Babylonian Aramaic. The present article treats a magic bowl that is written in an idiom that is related to Talmudic Aramaic. Although the term Talmudic Aramaic has been used indiscriminately in several studies to describe the language of incantation bowls, the only attested evidence for this dialect in a bowl written in Aramaic square characters is the single British Museum bowl, BM 135563 (1971-2-29, 1), presented here. The text has a strong parallel in a late copy of a Mandaic incantation series Shafta ḏ Pishra ḏ Ainia which is also reminiscent of a passage in the incantation series Maqlû.
ISSN:0003-0279
2169-2289
DOI:10.2307/605019