Literary text: AIU VI.B.99

Literary text AIU VI.B.99

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AIU VI.B.99
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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AIU VI B 99
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In PGP since 2020

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Leaf from a Judaeo-Arabic manual for pharaonic treasure hunters, this section focusing on the area around Dahshur. Contains topographical descriptions paired with magical acts & incense prescriptions that will reveal the next steps and undo the protective charms. See Okasha El Daly's The Missing Millennium for a discussion of this genre (focusing on Arabic treatises).

https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/31165/