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| Keywords: Mandaic.jpg The Schøyen Collection MS 1911/2 Oslo and London Mandaic script Mesopotamia 5th-6th c A BINDING FOR THE HOUSE AND ABODE OF NANAI DAUGHTER OF IN - AND FOR IHANA SON OF SHISHA - I AM FEROCIOUS WITH THE DEMONS BUZNAI SON OF MAHIA DIVIDES FINDS THE STINKING ONE OVERTURNED OVERTURNED GOAT FROM THE HOUSE OF GISHI AND FROM THE DAUGHTERS AND SONS AND HE IS ENRAGED BY THE RAGE OF THE WOLF THAT IS FROM THE RAGE OF THE TOWN ON THE CROWN THE STAND THEY CAST A THRONE ON HIM ALL THE ANGELS I STAND AND I STRIKE WITH THE EYE ALL THE ANGELS WHO STAND OVER MY GATE AND THE DEVILS SPEAK AND STAND TO DO EVIL MS in Mandaic on clay Iran/Mesopotamia/Syria/Jordan 5th-7th c 1 incantation bowl 19x7 5 cm 44 lines in a careless cursive Mandaic script in 3 blocks at different angles radiating from the centre Incantation or magical bowls are also called demon traps They were placed with the bottom up under the floors and thresholds of the houses in the Near East The demons were then believed to be trapped inside the bowl with the magical spells written against them Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 5th-7th c Elizabeth G Sørenssen Jingru Høivik photography and formatting PD-ART PD-old-auto original upload log page en wikipedia Mandaic jpg 2004-12-02 14 20 Garzo 945×981×8 151020 bytes <nowiki>Mandaic inscription</nowiki> History of Syria Mandaic script Schoyen Collection Incantation bowls | ||||
