Aramaic incantations

[p. #s are >aramaic text; translation]

proveniences

Am. 18.

Bernard Gimbel collection

Am. 19.

Horvat Kannah

Am. 20.

Bernard Gimbel coll.

Am. 21.

Geoffrey Cope coll.

Am. 25.

Geoffrey Cope coll.

Am. 30.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Bo. 22.

Einhorn coll.

Gn. 9.

T-S K 1.15

Gn. 10.1.

T-S K 1.18, recto

Gn. 11.

T-S K 1.19

Gn. 15.

T-S K 1.80

Gn. 17.

T-S K 1.132

Gn. 18.

T-S K 1.143

Gn. 19.

T-S K 1.167

Gn. 20.

T-S 12.41

Gn. 26.2.

T-S Misc. 10.35

Gn. 27.

T-S Misc. 29.4

Gn. 28.

T-S NS 246.32

Gn. 29.

Or. 1080.6.19

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I. Amulets from Palaistine & Suria

p. 57; 58 – Am. 18. (removing evil spirit)

l.

name

attestation of name

4

>aparka>el

 
 

>ah.i>el

Spr h-Rzym I:212

 

Rapa>el

 
 

Mapri>el

 
 

>opapi>el

Amulet 3:10 & 3rd H.nwk 58D # 5

5

Kpuya>el

 
 

<ami>el

 
 

T.uri>el

 
 

Mika>el

 
 

Bsama>el

 
 

Ndab>el

 

p. 62; 63 – Am. 19. (removing fever from male)

l.

name

attestation of name

11

>abra>asaks

 

18

>arbih.u

>arbi>el – Spr h-Rzym I:194

18

Nh.umi>el

Nh.ami>el -- Spr h-Rzym II:27

19

S^ams^i>el

Spr h-Rzym I:212

19

Laluzbah

Lalizpat – Istanbul bowl 5363:7;

Luzpat – Am. 1:9

19

Mara>apot

Marhaptis – Am. 1:9

20

>ah.

>ah.>el – Spr h-Rzym I:111

23

<uza>el

<uzi>el – Am. 1:1 & Spr h-Rzym I:195

24

Notbi>el

 

29

>abhi

>abhu – Montgomery 1913 # 7:9

35

Yas^ar (Yas`ar, p. 66) T.manu>el (sitting on river, l. 36)

 

37

Yqumi>el (sitting on roads, l. 38)

 

39

Nahari>el (sitting over light)

 

40

T.omi>el (sitting ...)

 

p. 57; 57 – Am. 20. (removing evil spirit from female)

l.

name

2

...ran>el

 

Radbi>el

 

Nuti>el

 

Bahna>el

3

...>el

 

Gani>el

 

<uti>el

p. 70; 70 -- Am. 21 (including fragment of alphabetic list of angelic names)

l.

name

p. 71 -- T-S K21.95 P, p. 2a, ll. 3-10

   

>abri>el

   

Barki>el

   

Glili>el

   

Dalki>el

   

Hodi>el

   

Wa<di>el

   

Ziqi>el

3

H.ana>el Marti

H.anu>el

5

T.abi>el >ari>el

T.obi>el

7

Yoyi>el

Yho>el

8

Karbi>el S^adday

Krubi>el

9

Luli>el >abrah

Lahat.i>el

10

Ma>mi>el Hamon

Ma>amini>el

   

(Nat.)li>el

   

Sod/ri>el

   

<azri>el

   

Pnu>el

   

S.pah>el

   

Qantoti>el

   

Rags^i>el

   

S^apri>el

   

T(us^m)a.el

T-S K 21.95 P is edited in Scha:fer 1984, p. 142;

a different list is in T-S K 21.95 P, p. 2b, ll. 9-11 (Scha:ffer 1984, p. 144)

p. 85; 85 – Am. 25. (removing evil spirit from female)

l.

name

1

T.arh.i>el

2

...>el

 

Satri>el

 

Sanati>el

3

Bruri>el

 

Barki>el

4

Panah.ti>el

 

Qarbati>el

 

Sananati>el

p. 101; 102 – Am. 30. (newborn babies of daughters of H.awwah Dalas^dalbas)

l.

name

10

S^ams^i>el

 

Mori>el

 

Gabri>el

 

>anqi>el

11

Parah.>el

 

<ana>el

 

>azyah

 

>azizyah

 

Bady[ah]

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II. Incantation bowls from Mesopotamia

pp. 130-1; 131 – Bo. 22. (angels protecting female in all 5 directions)

l.

to her __

is __

2

right

H.arbi>el

 

left

Mika>el

 

front

Susi>el

3

above

S^kinah

 

behind

Qaddis^>el

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III. Magic books from the Qahirah gnizah

p. 148 – Gn. 9.

MS p. 3, l. 4 magic names ["The names that sit over the winds and subdue them so that they should not come out and shake the world" (3:5-6).]

>ilin

Kawir

B-Kawir

Baqah

Kur

Bne-Kawir

p. 153; 155 – Gn. 10.

p. 1, ll. 29-30

"the seven angels who are appointed over the seven days of the week".

l. 29

Mika>el

 

Gabri>el

 

Sama>el

 

Rapa>el

l. 30

S.idqi>el

 

<ani>el

 

Qaps.i>el

pp. 158-9; 160-1 – Gn. 11. ["to open anything that is closed in the world" (1:17 – p. 160) such as "pupil of the eye" (2:16 – p. 161); "opening of the heart" (4:7– p. 162) to "wisdom" (4:14)] {opening of the eyen is part of the Tantrik rite for installation of idols}

MS p.:l.

name

duty of angel : standeth and is appointed over the __ firmament

1:19

<ani>el

 
 

Path.i>el

 
 

Qamsani>el

 

2:1

Gadgadi>el

 
 

S.aps.api>el

 
 

Qanqani>el

 
 

Mamli>el

 
 

Nari>el

 

2:2

Luh.i>el

 
 

Mis^a>el

 
 

Braki>el

(3rd)

 

H.ani>el

 

2:4-5

Braki>el

3rd

2:6

Spasqi>el

5th

2:7

H.uri>el

4th

2:8-9

Bruki>el

5th [again!]

2:9-10

Sa<di>el

6th

{(1:19) /Path.i-/ is ‘opening’ [/PTH./ the Kemetian god]; with (2:1) /Gadgadi-/ cf. /Gidgad/}

with (2:6) /Spasqi-/ cf. /Pisqon/ in the sequence "Sanigron, Pisqon, It.mon", with variants /Pasniq/ for /Pisqon/ and />at.mon/ for />it.mon/ (cited in this book on p. 171, from T-S K 21.95, published in Scha:fer 1984, p. 177)

p. 172; 173 – Gn. 15.

angel

who __

(1:2) <abdi>el

(1:3) made "the fear of the great sea"

(1:3) Kat.ri>el

(1:4) made "the vineyard of Hell"

(1:4) Rahat.i>el

(1:5) "the stars of the sky to run"

p. 182; 186 – Gn. 17.

angels who divulge "whether a woman will get pregnant or not"

MS p.:l.

name

3:4

<adna>el

 

Sarbana>el

3:5

...ni>el

 

Rah.mi>el

 

Yahbi>el

3:6

S^a<ma>el

 

H.anam>el

pp. 196-7; 202-3 -- Gn. 18. ("The Book of Guidance.")

p.

MS p.:l.

purpose

196; 202

18:

"that she may not abort"

 

:13

Nuri>el

   

Sart.i>el

   

>abi>el

   

Rapa>el

   

S.uri>el

 

:14

Mika>el

   

Gabri>el

     

197; 203

19:

"amulet for a bride"

 

:11

S.adqi.el

 

:12

<azri>el

   

Paqmi>el

   

S.apyi>el

p. 209-10; 211 – Gn. 19. (amulet-book for woman)

MS p.:l.

name

1:19

>agiqat.

 

T.agat.

1:20

Pagat.

1:32

<ami>el

 

Mika>el

1:33

>abra[ksas]

pp. 212-3; 213 – Gn. 20. (imprecations against whomever unlawfully taketh possession of a sacred book)

l.

"under a ban from __"

6

>akatri>el

7

him who sitteth among the Krubim

 

the throne of glory

8

the >opanim

 

Mit.at.ron

9

Yapyapiyah

10

Zagnaza>el

p. 231; 232 – Gn. 26 [2] (angels invoke to wreak harm)

l. 4

Kami>el

 

Sarapi>el

 

Hapri>el

 

Hagzi>el

 

Satani>el

 

Hapki>el

p. 233; 234 – Gn. 27. (amulet to subdue Christian men)

l.

"in the name of __"

2

Kabs^i>el

5

Dis^i bin Das^ubi

6

Nuri>el

9

S^aday

10

Rah.i>el Balum bar Balum

pp. 235-6; 236-7 – Gn. 28.

p.

MS p.:l.

purpose

235; 236

3:2-14

to cause ailment of the back

 

:5

Sama>el

   

Qas.pi>el

 

:6

Ruh.i>el

   

Surdani>el

 

:7

Lahaqi>el

   

>atarsi>el

 

:8

>abri>el

     

235; 236

3:15-19

to set heart of a woman on fire for a man

 

:16

Mika>el

   

Gabri>el

   

Rapa>el

   

<ana>el

   

H.asdi>el

 

:17

Natani>el

   

Kabs^i>el

     

236; 237

4:7-12

for commerce, to buy and sell

 

:8

Rah.mi>el

   

H.asdi>el

   

H.ani>el

   

Kafs^i>el

     

236; 237

4:13-21

for finding "beauty and grace and mercy in the eyes of all those who see him"

 

:13

Barqi>el

   

Qdus^i>el

 

:19

Krubi>el

pp. 238-9; 240-1 – Gn. 29. (amulet-book to heal a female)

p.

MS p.:l.

purpose

238; 240

1:1-10

"remove ... the envious eye, and gaze"

 

:8

Ra<ami>el

 

:9

Pani>el

     

239; 241

2:1-11

"chase away every ... fever and pain"

 

:7

H.anan>el

 

:8

Mika>el

 

:9

Sakmu>el

   

T.ami>el

   

Qant.i>ur

References :-

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM, PUBLICATIONS OF THE BABYLONIAN SECTION, vol. III = James A. Montgomery : Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur. Philadelphia, 1913.

TEXTE UND STUDIEN ZUR ANTIKEN JUDENTUM, 2 = Peter Scha:fer : Geniza-Fragmente zur Hekhalot-Literatur. Tu:bingen, 1984.

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Joseph Naveh & Shaul Shaked : Magic Spells & Formulae : Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity. Magnes Pr, Hebrew U, Jerusalem, 1993.

(this book is an expansion of :- Amulets and Magic Bowls : Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity. Magnes Pr, 1985.)