Curator |
Gideon Bohak. |
Imprint |
Ann Arbor, Mich., USA, 1996. Booklet, 36 pp., cover illustration only, 22 × 14 cm. English. |
Location |
University of Michigan Library (6 February–1 June 1996) |
Description |
Items from the Library’s collection related to magic and its practitioners in the Mediterranean basin and Near East, 1st–7th C CE. Material presented in three sections, each with introductory text: Recipe Books (manuals of magical practices), Protective Magic (amulets, gems, and Babylonian Demon Bowls), and Aggressive Magic. Detailed entries, most with translations of amuletic inscriptions. 42 items. |
main keywords |
AMULETSARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDSMAGIC |