The Descent of Iauar to the World of Darkness: A Mandaic Amulet on a Lead Lamella (MLSC 2)

Matthew Morgenstern; Ohad Abudraham

doi:10.1093/jss/fgac021

The Descent of Iauar to the World of Darkness: A Mandaic Amulet on a Lead Lamella (MLSC 2)

Matthew Morgenstern, Ohad Abudraham

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The Mandaic amulet MLSC 2 is published here for the first time. The text comprises a historiola that shows many affinities with similar Mandaean accounts of descents into the world of darkness. The article presents an editio princeps and translation with comments on linguistic and literary parallels. It also relates to issues of the relationship between the written text and magical rituals involving various ingredients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	97-122
Number of pages	26
Journal	Journal of Semitic Studies
Volume	68
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgac021
State	Published - 1 Jan 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Language and Linguistics
History
Religious studies
Linguistics and Language
Literature and Literary Theory

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