Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals.

Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals. Volume 1 /

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.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Akkadian
Sumerian

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Ancient Magic and Divination 8/1.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004222748.

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

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Call Number: BF1567 .C67 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals Ancient Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs
  • Texts of Group One Prescriptions for Undoing Witchcraft (Ana Pišerti Kišpī)
  • Texts of Group Two Prescriptions to be Used for Bewitched Persons (Šumma Amēlu Kašip)
  • Texts of Group Seven Ušburruda 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
  • Texts of Group Twelve Diagnostic Texts
  • Bibliography
  • Concordances
  • Registers
  • Copies of Cuneiform Texts
  • Collations.