An Aramaic Ritual for Burning Straw in Sefire IA:36–37

The Old Aramaic inscription Sefire I (KAI 222) includes, in a series of mimetic curses, a debated clause that has been read by most previous scholars to involve a mysterious {gnbʾ} gannābaʾ(?) ‘thief’, which (or who?) is symbolically burned (Sefire IA:36–37). The present article argues that there ar...

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Authors: DeGrado, Jessie (Author) ; Richey, Madadh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-133
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Inscription / Aramaic language / Ritual / Straw / Flight / Contract
RelBib Classification:TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Old Aramaic
B treaty curses
B Magic
B Ritual
B Sefire
B Plants
B straw
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