Vorschau: Veranstaltungen 2025

Magic Bowls and Syriac Amulets

22.01.2025, 18:00 Uhr, Alte Residenz, Abguss-Sammlung – (FB Altertumswissenschaften und Zentrum für Jüdische Kulturgeschichte / Univ. Salzburg)

Gaby ABOU SAMRA / Würzburg

In this talk two types of magical texts will be presented.
The first part concerns texts on Magical bowls in different Aramaic dialects: Jewish Aramaic, Syriac and Mandaic from Mesopotamia during the Sassanian period (5−7 century AD).
The second part concerns Syriac Christian texts on scroll amulets from North Mesopotamia and Urmia during the 18−20 century. Is there any continuity between the two traditions?