James Alan Montgomery

Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Transcriptions, translations, illustrations and interpretations of Aramaic exorcism texts inscribed on Mesopotamian bowls dating from the Hellenistic period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9781108025812
• ISBN-10: 1108025811
• Artikelnr.: 32918705

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Survey of the material
2. Script and language
3. The magic of the texts
4. Historical conclusions
Texts
Glossaries
General index
Prefatory note to the plates
Register of the bowls
Plates.