Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals. / Volume Two / / by Tzvi Abusch [and three others].
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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| Superior document: | Ancient Magic and Divination, Volume 8/2 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English Akkadian Sumerian |
| Series: | Ancient magic and divination ;
Volume 8/2. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (657 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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.