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Aramaic and Mandean Magic and Their Demonology

dc:creator Wallis, Wilber B
dc:date.issued1956

Abstract

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The Aramaic texts to be discussed in this thesis are magical incantations against evil powers. The texts are written on earthenware bowls found in archaeological investigations or by chance in Iraq and Iran. The bowls and texts appear to date from Sassanian Babylonia(1

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Wallis, Wilber B
Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
  • Cyrus H. Gordon
  • Meir M. Bravmann

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https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/27613
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oai:repository.upenn.edu:20.500.14332/27613

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Wallis, Wilber B. Aramaic and Mandean Magic and Their Demonology. 1956. https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/27613

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