The analysis of the texts written on incantation bowls has proved to be a very useful tool for Aramaic linguistics. This is particularly apparent in the case of Syriac incantation bowls, written both in the Estrangelo and in the pre- (or proto-) Manichaean scripts. Especially in the field of morphology, one finds in Syriac incantation bowls some traits that diverge from what is considered to be the standard grammar of Classical Syriac. Many of these traits are at the same time a sort of trait d’union linking the language of Syriac incantation bowls to other non-literary Aramaic varieties of Sasanian Babylonia (the so-called Jewish Babylonian Aramaic and Mandaic of incantation bowls). Moreover, the same peculiarities (at times sporadically, at times more frequently) point to linguistic developments that can be fully understood only in the light of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic evidences.
L’analisi dei testi iscritti sulle coppe magiche mesopotamiche si è dimostrata molto importante per la linguistica aramaica. Ciò è particolarmente evidente nel caso delle coppe magiche con iscrizioni in lingua siriaca, sia in scrittura estrangela che in scrittura pre- (o proto-)manichea. Tra i caratteri più rilevanti di questi testi si annoverano: uso particolare delle matres lectionis, tipologie morfologiche non attestate nella lingua siriaca “classica”, ecc. Buona parte di questi tratti linguistici sono al tempo stesso un trait d’union tra la lingua delle coppe magiche siriache e le altre varietà aramaiche non-letterarie della Babilonia sasanide (aramaico giudaico babilonese e mandaico delle coppe magiche). Inoltre, le medesime peculiarità (in alcuni casi in modo anche assai significativo) richiamano sviluppi che possono essere compresi solo alla luce della documentazione del neoaramaico nordorientale.
Between Late Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic: Reflections on Some Phenomena in Aramaic of Late Antiquity
MORIGGI, MARCO
2012-01-01
Abstract
The analysis of the texts written on incantation bowls has proved to be a very useful tool for Aramaic linguistics. This is particularly apparent in the case of Syriac incantation bowls, written both in the Estrangelo and in the pre- (or proto-) Manichaean scripts. Especially in the field of morphology, one finds in Syriac incantation bowls some traits that diverge from what is considered to be the standard grammar of Classical Syriac. Many of these traits are at the same time a sort of trait d’union linking the language of Syriac incantation bowls to other non-literary Aramaic varieties of Sasanian Babylonia (the so-called Jewish Babylonian Aramaic and Mandaic of incantation bowls). Moreover, the same peculiarities (at times sporadically, at times more frequently) point to linguistic developments that can be fully understood only in the light of North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic evidences.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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