"As Dry Trees That Have No Fruits": A Mandaean Spell against Childlessness from the Schøyen Collection (MLSC 18, 19).

This article publishes the surviving parts of a hitherto unknown Mandaean spell for the protection of a woman from childlessness . The spell has been reconstructed from two fragmentary amulets that were written on lead lamellae in the Sasanid period (MLSC 18 and 19) . The overlapping sections of the...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 144; no. 2; pp. 339 - 361
Autores principales: ABUDRAHAM, OHAD, MORGENSTERN, MATTHEW
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Publicado: American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA) Apr-Jun2024
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