Bodies of knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia : the diviners of late Bronze Age Emar and their table collection /

In Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia Matthew Rutz explores the relationship between ancient collections of texts, commonly deemed libraries and archives, and the modern interpretation of titles like 'diviner'. By looking at cuneiform tablets as artifacts with archaeological contex...

Full description

Saved in:

Main Author: Rutz, Matthew.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Ancient Magic and Divination 9.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.

Subjects:

Divination > History > To 1500.

Omens > History > To 1500.

Assyro-Babylonian religion.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.