Textual amulets and writing traditions in the ancient world
This chapter surveys the use and construction of amulets – both “lettered” and “semi-lettered” -- in the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Punic-Phoenician, Jewish, and Greek traditions. Each culture contributed a different and distinct history, tradition, notion of writing, and characteristic material to the...
| Subtitles: | The materials of ancient magic |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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| In: |
Guide to the study of ancient magic
Year: 2019, Pages: 507-554 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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