Paraliterary text: T-S AS 143.26 + ENA NS 73.12

Paraliterary text T-S AS 143.26 + ENA NS 73.12

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Shelfmark
T-S AS 143.26 + ENA NS 73.12
Primary Language
Aramaic

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Magical amulets to protect against scorpions, designed to be worn rolled up in an amulet case around the neck. The magician has repeatedly copied the amulet, drawing a crude scorpion at the bottom of each. Several have evidently been cut off and sold. (Information from CUDL.) ENA NS 73.12 contains the same spell as T-S AS 143.26, except with two more magical names and no illustration. On verso of ENA NS 73.12, there is a list in a cryptic script. See Gideon Bohak, "Some 'mass-produced' Scorpion-amulets from the Cairo Genizah," in A Wandering Galilean (2009), 35–50.

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter; Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 73, fol. 12; ENA NS 73, f. 12
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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Transcription
Translation

T-S AS 143.26 1r

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1r

T-S AS 143.26 1v

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1v

ENA NS 73.12 recto

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recto

ENA NS 73.12 verso

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verso
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  • ENA NS 73.12: Images provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary Library (JTSL) CC-Zero / Public Domain
  • T-S AS 143.26: Provided by Cambridge University Library. Zooming image © Cambridge University Library, All rights reserved. This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 143.26 + Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA NS 73.12. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/31700/ (accessed February 15, 2026).