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“Gabriel is on their Right”- Angelic Protection in Jewish Magic and Babylonian Lore

דליה מרקס

In this paper, we present another hitherto unpublished Aramaic incantation bowl from the collection of Samir DeHays. The bowl, designated SD12, measures 150 mm across and 55 mm in depth and contains six well-preserved lines. The text is written in a clear, semi-formal hand that has some cursive features (e. g. the lamed), spiralling clockwise from the bottom of the concave side to its rim, and is surrounded by a circle. Typically, such bowls come from Mesopotamia and date to the late Sasanian period.




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