Object Details
- Donor Name
- Rev. Gabriel Oussani
- From card: "Inscribed in Syriac." Reference, which includes a transcription and translation of the Syriac inscription on the inside of the bowl: pp. 139-142 (no. 26), & pl. 31 in Naveh, Joseph, and Shaul Shaked. 1993. Magic spells and formulae: Aramaic incantations of late antiquity. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, Hebrew University. It is identified there as "Protection for Khusro son of Qaqay and Shelta daughter of Qayumta." A copy of these pages in on file in the accession file in the Anthropology Collections Lab records room. Reference, as bowl No. 28 (listed under incorrect Catalogue No. A027064-0), which includes a transcription and translation of the Syriac inscription on the inside of the bowl: pp. 138-143 in Moriggi, Marco. 2014. A corpus of Syriac incantation bowls: Syriac magical texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia. Leiden: Brill. A copy of these pages in on file in the accession file in the Anthropology Collections Lab records room.
- Record Last Modified
- 30 Jul 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Accession Date
- 1900
- Accession Number
- 037297
- USNM Number
- A207964-0
- Object Type
- Bowl
- Diameter - Object
- 17.5 cm
- Place
- Hillah, Babil Governorate (Babylon Province), Iraq (South Babylonia), Asia
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8046135
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/373180d25-15fd-4736-8cb6-c7926799d42d
