paper
Egypt
Source: Hammed, Ursula. "Arabic Magical Texts in Original Documents: A Papyrologist Answers Five Questions You Always Wanted to Ask." In Amulets and Talismans of the Middle East and North Africa in Context, edited by Petra M. Sijpesteijn and Marcela Garcia A. Probert, 209–227. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
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Features apotropaic drawings of scorpions and other animals intended for protection and healing rituals (p. 222).
Original Recipe Text
Features apotropaic drawings of scorpions and other animals intended for protection and healing rituals (p. 222).
Evidence
"apotropaic drawings of snakes, crocodiles, dogs and first and foremost scorpions occur abundantly in Arabic magical texts. 43 E.g. P.Vind.inv. A.P. 1762, P.Bad. V 163c (= PERF 1013) & 164 (both on paper)"
Remarks
Drawings in Arabic magical texts are generally less elaborate than those in the Coptic tradition but occur frequently on paper and papyrus substrates (p. 222).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
visual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typepaper
Colordrawings
RegionEgypt
Source Information
AuthorHammed, Ursula. "Arabic Magical Texts in Original Documents: A Papyrologist Answers Five Questions You Always Wanted to Ask." In Amulets and Talismans of the Middle East and North Africa in Context, edited by Petra M. Sijpesteijn and Marcela Garcia A. Probert, 209–227. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
CollectionP.Bad. V 163c (= PERF 1013)
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