The ancient incantation had illustrations of animals such as scorpions on the front and back (shown here). Credit: Photo by Roberto Ceccacci/Courtesy of the Chicago-Tübingen Expedition to Zincirli
Posted on 12/26/2018 12:21:26 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Discovered in August 2017 within a small building, possibly a shrine, at the site of Zincirli (called "Sam'al" in ancient times), in Turkey, the incantation is inscribed on a stone cosmetic container. Written by a man who practiced magic who is called "Rahim son of Shadadan," the incantation "describes the seizure of a threatening creature [called] the 'devourer,'" wrote Madadh Richey and Dennis Pardee in the abstract of a presentation they gave recently at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting. That event took place in Denver between Nov 17 and 21.The blood of the devourer was used to treat someone who appears to have been suffering from the "fire" of the devourer, said Richey, a doctoral student in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. It's not clear whether the blood was given to the afflicted person in a potion that could be swallowed or whether it was smeared onto their body, Richey told Live Science...
Sam'al, where the building is located, was the capital of a small Aramaean kingdom that flourished between roughly 900 B.C. and 720 B.C., said Herrmann, noting that the city was seized by the Assyrians around 720 B.C.
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The ancient incantation had illustrations of animals such as scorpions on the front and back (shown here). Credit: Photo by Roberto Ceccacci/Courtesy of the Chicago-Tübingen Expedition to Zincirli
Gouzer the Gouzerian? Slors?
Who you gonna call, “Archeological Ghostbusters”?
“A 2,800-year-old incantation, written in Aramaic, describes the capture of a creature called the “devourer” said to be able to produce “fire.””
16 Republicans for president found their own form of the creature starting in July 2015. They had it all figured out - they all agreed (actually forced to ‘agree’) to NEVER discuss the #1 issue affecting the Republican base, which was immigration.
Made them really easy prey for ‘the devourer’.
>>The ancient incantation had
Beware when reading ancient incantations...
That's where the phrase "the hair of the dog that bit you" came from.....
Or it could be referring to antacids......I ended up with a bit of that fire last night and only zantac could help.
“There is no devoured only Zuel!”
“There is no devoured only Zuel!”
It’s Aramaic?
King Arthur: [about the inscription on the rock] What does it say, Brother Maynard?
Brother Maynard: It reads, “Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh... “
King Arthur: What?
Brother Maynard: “The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh”
Sir Bedevere: What is that?
Brother Maynard: He must have died while carving it.
King Arthur: Oh come on!
IIRC, Ron Perleman battled Sam’al in Hellboy I...
I see a scorpion , a bull, a bird, a star and a sea turtle.
So it was a ‘prescription’ for Hair of the Dog?................
Sounds like Stargate’s Ori.
Interesting
“describes the seizure of a threatening creature [called] the ‘devourer,’”
Strange. Getting bad vibs from reading too many H.P. Lovecraft stories.
Doc: Describe what’s happening.
Patient: It burns when I pee.
Doc: Who’d you do last?
Patient: Ms Dedula down on Shadlak Street.
Doc: Yeah. She’s a Devourer all right and you got the Fire for sure.
I don't think I'd read them *out loud*, just to be on the safe side. :^)
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