Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals /
Corpus of Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals /
[edited] by Tzvi Abusch and Daniel Schwemer ; with Mikko Luukko and Greta Van Buylaere.
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Ancient magic and divination, v. 8/2 1566-7952 ; .
- Ancient Magic and Divination 8/2. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812. .
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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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-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. \'Now that we have the second volume, we the more admire the thoughtful organisation of the entire project, the strict methods followed, and the insightful observations and decisions made.\' Martin Stol, Bibliotheca Orientalis lxxIV n° 3-4, mei-augustus 2017
Includes English translations of texts originally composed in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages.
9789004318557
10.1163/9789004318557 DOI
To 1500
Witchcraft--History--Iraq--To 1500--Sources.
Ritual--History--Iraq--To 1500--Sources.
Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian.
Incantations, Sumerian.
Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian.
Incantations, Sumerian.
Ritual.
Witchcraft.
Iraq.
History.
Sources.
BF1567 / .C67 2016
133.4/30935
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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-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. \'Now that we have the second volume, we the more admire the thoughtful organisation of the entire project, the strict methods followed, and the insightful observations and decisions made.\' Martin Stol, Bibliotheca Orientalis lxxIV n° 3-4, mei-augustus 2017
Includes English translations of texts originally composed in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages.
9789004318557
10.1163/9789004318557 DOI
To 1500
Witchcraft--History--Iraq--To 1500--Sources.
Ritual--History--Iraq--To 1500--Sources.
Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian.
Incantations, Sumerian.
Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian.
Incantations, Sumerian.
Ritual.
Witchcraft.
Iraq.
History.
Sources.
BF1567 / .C67 2016
133.4/30935