The ~2500 known Aramaic Incantation Bowls represent one of the largest collections of ancient magical literature. These bowls were used to repel demonic power, malevolent sorcery and the rampages of disease. Composed in various dialects of Aramaic, the bowls are a treasure of magical wisdom providing us insight into demonology and even the origins and first depictions of Lilith!
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Recommended Readings:
Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur - https://amzn.to/4cjCdUA
https://archive.org/details/aramaicincantati00montuoft/mode/1up
Amulets and Magic Bowls: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity - https://amzn.to/3VYVzZG
Magic Spells and Formulae: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity - https://amzn.to/4bqvRkZ
Corpus of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls - https://amzn.to/3L0OeSU
A Corpus of Syriac Incantation Bowls: Syriac Magical Texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia
Aramaic Incantation Bowls in Museum Collections Volume One: The Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection of Babylonian Antiquities, Jena, etc
Aramaic Bowl Spells: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Bowls Volume One
Aramaic Magic Bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin