Paraliterary text: ENA 3950.8

Paraliterary text ENA 3950.8

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Shelfmark
ENA 3950.8
Primary Language
Arabic

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Magical spell formularies. Includes a spell apparently intended to arouse and agitate (tahyīj and izʿāj) a female target (fulāna bt. fulāna) for a male (fulān b. fulāna). But then the direct objects in the next part are masculine: "If he is standing make him sit down, if he is sitting make him stand up, if he is sleeping awaken him, and have no mercy on him (wa-lā tajʿalūh al-birr) either day or night."

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Collection
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 3950, f. 8; ENA 3950, fol. 8
Input date
In PGP since 2022
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ENA 3950.8 recto

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recto

ENA 3950.8 verso

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verso
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 3950.8. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35786/ (accessed October 14, 2026).