Angelic beings can be found throughout the Hebrew Bible, and by late antiquity the
archangels Michael and Gabriel were as familiar as the patriarchs and matriarchs, guardian …

Interest in the phenomenon of the “incantation bowl” of late antique Mesopotamia has
expanded in recent decades as more collections have been published and historians have …

During Late Antiquity (3rd to the 7th centuries), a rich magic literature flourished in Palestine
and in Babylonia. This literature was accompanied by fascinating figurative and decorative …

Abstract The corpus of Late Antique Aramaic incantation texts is defined. The issues in this
field are identified as explicating the language of the Aramaic dialects used for these texts …

The Syriac compendia of ritual methods seeking assistance in all aspects of life, cohering in
collections known in modern Western scholarship as the 'Book of Protection'or 'Book of …

Cover: Archaeological excavations and environmental sampling underway in Erk-Kala, the
Sasanian citadel of ancient Merv, modern Turkmenistan (photograph: St J. Simpson, 1992) …

The evidence for a history of Mandaeism during the period of Late Antiquity (3rd–8th c. CE)
and its evolution as a religious tradition prior to and immediately following the advent of …

The Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale in Rome houses a small but interesting collection of
incantation bowls. This group of specimens was purchased in the market of antiquities in …

The Iraq Museum in Baghdad houses a large collection of incantation bowls coming both
from archaeological excavations and chance findings2. We do n know the exact number of …

The essence of this study is a travel through space and time in search of the female authors
who wrote the incantation bowls as their profession. Incantation bowls are an archaeological …