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.