Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals. / Volume three / / by Tzvi Abusch [and three others].

• Superior document: Ancient magic and divination ; volume 8/3
• VerfasserIn: Abusch, I. Tzvi,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Ancient magic and divination ; 8/3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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 centers upon witchcraft. Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals and incantations attribute ill-health and misfortune to the magic machinations of witches and prescribe ceremonies, devices, and treatments for dispelling witchcraft, destroying the witch, and protecting and curing the patient. The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals aims to present a reconstruction of this body of texts; it provides critical editions of the relevant rituals and prescriptions based on the study of the cuneiform tablets and fragments recovered from the libraries of ancient Mesopotamia.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXTS OF GROUP TWO: PRESCRIPTIONS TO BE USED FOR BEWITCHED PERSONS (ŠUMMA AMĒLU KAŠIP) -- TEXTS OF GROUP THREE: PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SYMPTOMS INDICATING WITCHCRAFT -- TEXTS OF GROUP FOUR: CURES FOR THE WITCHCRAFT-INDUCED LOSS OF POTENCY -- TEXTS OF GROUP FIVE: PROTECTING PREGNANT WOMEN AND INFANTS AGAINST WITCHCRAFT -- TEXTS OF GROUP SIX: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FABRICATION OF AMULET NECKLACES AGAINST WITCHCRAFT -- 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 TWELVE: DIAGNOSTIC TEXTS -- ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO VOLUMES 1 AND 2 -- TEXTS OF GROUP F: SMALL, UNASSIGNABLE FRAGMENTS -- ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO VOLUMES 1 AND 2 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY (VOLUMES 1–3) -- CONCORDANCES (VOLUMES 1–3) -- REGISTERS (VOLUMES 1–3) -- COPIES OF CUNEIFORM TEXTS -- COLLATIONS -- ADDENDA.