books.google.fr - In 1888 the University of Pennsylvania sponsored the first ever American archaeological expedition to Mesopotamia, to Nippur, about 160 km south of Baghdad. Among the artefacts discovered were the remains of over 100 inscribed bowls from the early centuries CE. Some contain unidentifiable writing, but...http://books.google.fr/books/about/Aramaic_Incantation_Texts_from_Nippur.html?hl=fr&id=rRh_mq3dkGUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur