Cyrus H. GordonMeir M. BravmannWallis, Wilber B2023-05-222018-12-231956-04-192018-12-23https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/27613The Aramaic texts to be discussed in this thesis are magical incantations against evil powers. The texts are written on earthenware bowls found in archaeological investigations or by chance in Iraq and Iran. The bowls and texts appear to date from Sassanian Babylonia(1AnthropologyCultural HistoryHistory of ReligionJewish StudiesLanguage Interpretation and TranslationReligionTranslation StudiesDissertation/Thesis