Author: Yamauchi, Edwin M.
Title: Mandaean Incantation texts.
Description: New Haven (Conn.), American Oriental Society, 1967. X422 pp. Orig. hardcover (gilt lettered green cloth). 8vo. (American Oriental series, Vol. 49).Aramaic text with English translation. - This is a revision of E.M. Yamauchi's dissertation. It includes a collection of the earliest Mandaic texts, which are magic scrolls and inscribed bowls, dating from about 600 CE, together with transcriptions and translations, a grammar, and a lexicon. - The Aramaic incantation texts from late antique Mesopotamia have been invoked as sources for the dialects of Late Aramaic, as well as sources on the religions of Late Antiquity.

Keywords: Archaeology Orient Mesopotamia Archeologie Oriënt Mesopotamië