Invoquer les esprits à la Citadelle de Damas ou de l'usage d'une coupe magique ottomane

Véronique François (1)

1 LAMM - Laboratoire d'archéologie médiévale méditerranéenne

Recent Franco-Syrian excavations on the Citadel of Damascus have recovered an 18th century "magic bowl" of a type relatively common in Ottoman levels at the Citadel. Decorated with strange figures and a pseudo-script, these bowls have direct parallels with Medieval and pre-Islamic incantation bowls. However, they are also linked to well-attested magical and popular medicinal practices of the Ottoman period that involve the propitiation and invocation of spins, angels and demons.

Mots clés: ottoman Pottery; magic bowl; incantation bowl; magical medecine; magical practises; demons; angels

Mots clés: céramique; bol magique; Damas; époque ottomane; magie

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Véronique François. Invoquer les esprits à la Citadelle de Damas ou de l'usage d'une coupe magique ottomane. Levant: The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant , 2007, 39 (1), pp.35-46. ⟨10.1179/lev.2007.39.1.35⟩. ⟨halshs-00505356⟩