Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals /

Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals /

Among the most important sources for understanding the cultures and systems of thought of ancient Mesopotamia is a large body of magical and medical texts written in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages. An especially significant branch of this literature centres upon witchcraft. Mesopotamian anti-wi...

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Other Authors: Abusch, I. Tzvi., Schwemer, Daniel., Luukko, Mikko., Buylaere, Greta van.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Akkadian
Sumerian

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2016.

Series: Ancient Magic and Divination 8/2.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812.

Subjects:

To 1500
Witchcraft > Iraq > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Ritual > Iraq > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian.
Incantations, Sumerian.
Ritual.
Witchcraft.
Iraq.
History.
Sources.

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Call Number: BF1567 .C67 2016

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Texts of Group Three: Prescriptions for Symptoms Indicating Witchcraft
  • Texts of Group Seven: Us̆burruda Texts
  • Texts of Group Eight: Ceremonial Rituals for Undoing Witchcraft
  • Texts of Group Nine: Anti-Witchcraft Incantations within Bīt Rimki and Related Texts
  • Texts of Group Ten: Rituals against Zikurudû and Other Special Types of Witchcraft
  • Texts of Group Eleven: Rituals in Case of Evil Omens Indicating Witchcraft
  • Additional Texts to Volume 1
  • Additions and Corrections to Volume 1
  • Bibliography (Volumes 1-2)
  • Concordances (Volumes 1-2)
  • Registers (Volumes 1-2)
  • Copies of Cuneiform Texts
  • Collations.