Bagdana is a demon in Jewish magical texts from early medieval

Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...

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incantation bowl An incantation bowl, also known as a demon bowl, devil-trap bowl, or magic bowl, is a form of early protective magic found in what is now Iraq and Iran. Produced in the Middle East during late antiquity from the sixth to eighth centuries, particu ...

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Nippur Nippur (Sumerian language, Sumerian: ''Nibru'', often logogram, logographically recorded as , EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory': Vol. 1, Part 1. Accessed 15 Dec 2010. Akkadian language, Akkadian: '' ...

.Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur - Page 196 James Alan Montgomery - 2011 "of lead and the 70 exalted priests of Bagdana; and in the name of Bagdana son of Habal (destruction). ... and in the name of lord Ibbol (13) the great angel of the Blast-demons, and in the name of the great God and the great Lord of the ..."

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