MS Drower 43


MS Drower 43 is a Mandaic manuscript that contains over a dozen qmaha texts used for exorcism and protection against evil. It is part of the Drower Collection in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.

History

The manuscript was purchased by E. S. Drower from Sheikh Nejm bar Zahroon in 1939 and was copied in 1270 A.H. in the marshlands in the territory of the Kit bin Sa'ad, by Yahia Bihram br Adam Yuhana. DC 23b contains a variant of one of the qmahas.
A brief study of the manuscript has been published by Bogdan Burtea.

Contents

Also known as the Poor Priest's Treasury, the manuscript is a Mandaic-language scroll consisting of qmahas used for exorcism and magic. The contents are as follows, with links also provided to transliterated texts in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
  • Qmaha ḏ-Ṣir Sahria. .
  • Qmaha ḏ-Šiul
  • three related texts. .
  • *Šuba libišna
  • *ʿSirna hthimna
  • *Yawar Ziwa nišimtai
  • Šalhafta ḏ-Mahria.
  • Qmaha ḏ-Dahlulia
  • Qmaha ḏ-Gastata. .
  • Qmaha ḏ-Br ʿngaria
  • *Qmaha ḏ-Br ʿngaria. .
  • *Qmaha ḏ-Br ʿngaria Zuṭa. .
  • Qmaha ḏ-Yurba. .
  • Qmaha ḏ-Šuba. .
  • Qmaha ḏ-Qaština.