Phonetic Spellings of the Subordinating Particle d(y) in the Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Magic Bowls

The Jewish Babylonian Aramaic magic bowls date to the late Sasanian and very early Islamic periods. They are for the most part written in an archaic literary dialect (or dialects) that appears to have significantly differed from the spoken language of Babylonian Jews at that time. Occasional non-sta...

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Main Author: Ford, James Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2012
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-247
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Magic / Linguistics / Grammar / Aramaic language / Early Judaism / Babylonia
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HD Early Judaism
HH Archaeology
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B subordinating particle relative pronoun Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Mandaic Neo-Aramaic phonetic spellings incantation bowl magic bowl
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Summary:The Jewish Babylonian Aramaic magic bowls date to the late Sasanian and very early Islamic periods. They are for the most part written in an archaic literary dialect (or dialects) that appears to have significantly differed from the spoken language of Babylonian Jews at that time. Occasional non-standard phonetic spellings, however, cast light on the spoken language of the practitioners who wrote the bowls. This article deals with phonetic spellings of the subordinating (or relative) particle (י)ד as either ת or ט. It is difficult to discern a uniform phonetic condition for all occurrences of ת, but the examples suffice to prove that it is a genuine form. In the presently available documentation the form ט occurs solely before words beginning with ʾaleph (< historical ʾ or ʿ). The latter form also occurs in Classical Mandaic as ṭ. These spellings suggest that the realizations of the subordinating particle as t and ṱ later attested in many Neo-Aramaic dialects go back at least as far as late Sasanian times.
ISSN:1745-5227
Contains:In: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-12100206