La Mishnàh (Sanhedrin 7:2) afferma: “Il condannato all’abbruciamento veniva affondato nel fango fino alle ginocchia; si involgeva un panno grosso, attorcigliato, in una stoffa leggera e gli si girava intorno al collo; un testimone lo tirava da una parte, il secondo testimone dall’altra, finché il condannato apriva la bocca; l’esecutore accendeva un lucignolo [secondo la Ghemara (52a) si trattava di piombo fuso] e glielo introduceva in bocca, in modo che scendesse e bruciasse i visceri”. — Il Talmud, a cura di A. Cohen, Bari, 1986, p.
“The ordinance of them that are to be burnt [is this]: they set him in dung up to his knees and put a towel of coarse stuff within one of soft stuff and wrapt it around his neck; one [witness] pulled one end towards him and the other pulled one end towards him until he opened his mouth; a wick [according to the Gemara (52a) it was a strip of lead] was kindled and thrown into his mouth, and it went down to his stomach and burnt his entrails.” —Sanhedrin 7:2; translated by H.jw2019 jw2019