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גבריאל מימינהון | “Gavriel is on the right,” an apotropaic invocation of angelic protection in the amulet bowl SD12 (ca. mid-first millennium C.E.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Dan Levene and Dalia Marx

Categories:

Incantations, Adjurations, & Amulets, Homes & Community Centers, Bedtime Shema

Tags:

amulet bowls, Angels, prophylactic, Angelic Protection, שכינה Shekhinah, mid-first millennium CE, apotropaic prayers of protection, קמעות qame'ot (amulets)

The text and translation of an amulet bowl discussed in “‘Gabriel is on their Right’: Angelic Protection in Jewish Magic and Babylonian Lore” by Dan Levene, Dalia Marx, and Siam Bharyo in Studia Mesopotamica (Band 1: 2014) pp.185-198. The apotropaic ward found in the amulet bowl, SD 12, contains an “angels on all sides” formula similar to that appearing in the Jewish liturgy of the bedtime shema. . . .