Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals. / Volume 1 / / [edited] by Tzvi Abusch and Daniel Schwemer.

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, v. 8/1
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
Year of Publication:2011
2010
Language:English
Series:Ancient Magic and Divination 8/1.
Physical Description:1 online resource (631 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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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.