ԓԑԠ (habr)
Egypt
11th Century
Source: Gideon Bohak, "Specimens of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic Magical Texts from the Cairo Genizah," in Amulets and Talismans in the Muslim World, ed. Marcela Garcia Probert and Petra M. Sijpesteijn (Leiden: Brill, 2022), 15–46.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
ink
Preparation Steps
Magical instruction manuals describe absorbing the amulet's powers by drinking the water in which the ink of the written text has been dissolved (p. 10).
Original Recipe Text
Magical instruction manuals describe absorbing the amulet's powers by drinking the water in which the ink of the written text has been dissolved (p. 10).
Evidence
"Aramaic texts to which Judaeo-Arabic glosses were added between the lines or on the margins... 'ink' is glossed with ԓԑԠ"
Remarks
The term 'ԓԑԠ' (the Arabic 'habr') appears as a Judaeo-Arabic gloss for the Aramaic word for ink 'ԕԉԃ' (p. 14). This linguistic substitution demonstrates the transition of the Jewish community in medieval Cairo to an Arabic-speaking vernacular while maintaining magical traditions (p. 14). Genizah magical texts exhibit a range of handwriting qualities, from professional scribal hands to semi-illiterate attempts, affecting the clarity of the ink (p. 9).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
paleographical analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1050
Source Information
AuthorGideon Bohak, "Specimens of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic Magical Texts from the Cairo Genizah," in Amulets and Talismans in the Muslim World, ed. Marcela Garcia Probert and Petra M. Sijpesteijn
CollectionCairo Genizah
Language
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