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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2021 University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. Contents: 1 Art/ifacts and ArtWorks: De-Colonizing the Study and Museum Display of Ancient and Non-Western Things (Karen Sonik) 2 Beyond Representation: The Role of Affect in Sumerian Lamenting (Paul Delnero) 3 Seeing and Knowing: Cultural Concepts and the Deictic Power of the Image in Mesopotamia (Beate Pongratz-Leisten) 4 The Context(ualization) of Art in Non-Literate Societies: Armenian Middle Bronze Age Images and Animal Bones (Karen S. Rubinson) 5 To Be or Not to Be (Divine): The Achaemenid King and Essential Ambiguity in Image, Text, and Historical Context (Matt Waters) 6 Glyptic Images as Reflecting Social Order: Changes in Seal Iconographies from Egalitarian to Early Centralized Societies in Greater Mesopotamia (Marcella Frangipane) 7 Sealing Practices at Tal-e Bakun A: Revisiting Concepts of Social Organization and Economic Control (Barbara Helwing) 8 Ephemeral Artifacts: Warlock and Witch Figurines in Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals (Greta Van Buylaere) 9 What Lay Beneath: Queen Puabi's Garments and Her Passage to the Underworld (Rita Wright) 10 Assyrian Spaces: Surface and Wall as Constitutive Features in Neo-Assyrian Narrative Reliefs (Marian H. Feldman) 11 The Assyrian Propaganda Machine in Text and Image: The Case of Sennacherib at Tyre in 701 BCE (Joshua Jeffers) 12 The News from the East: Assyrian Archaeology, International Politics, and the British Press in the Victorian Age (David Kertai) 13 Assyrian Style and Victorian Materiality: Mesopotamia in British Souvenirs, Political Caricatures, Theatrical Productions, and the Sydenham Crystal Palace (Kevin M. McGeough).…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 163 pages : 30 cm. Summary: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. Contents: Preliminary Material INTRODUCTION LOGOGRAMS AND THEIR READINGS AKKADIAN GLOSSARY SUMERIAN GLOSSARY PERSONAL NAMES.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore is a collection of thirteen essays on the body of knowledge employed by ancient Near Eastern healing experts, most prominently the 'exorcist' and the 'physician', to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil. The volume provides new insights into the two most important catalogues of Mesopotamian therapeutic lore, the Exorcist's Manual and the Assur Medical Catalogue, and contains discussions of agents of evil and causes of illness, ways of repelling evil and treating patients, the interpretation of natural phenomena in the context of exorcistic lore, and a description of the symbolic cosmos with its divine and demonic inhabitants."This volume in the series on Ancient Divination and Magic published by Brill is a welcome addition to the growing literature on ancient magic ."-Ann Jeffers, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)"Since the focus of the conference from which the essays derive was narrow, most of the essays hang together well and even complement each other. Several offer state-of-the-art treatments of topics and texts that make the volume especially useful. Readers will find much in this volume that contributes to our understanding of Mesopotamian exorcists, magic, medicine, and conceptions of evil."-Scott Noegel, University of Washington, Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.1 (2020).…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. 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. Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals and prescriptions prescribe ceremonies 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 and critical editions of this body of texts. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorGreta Van Buylaere, Ph.D. (2009), University of Udine, was Research Associate on the Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals project at the University of Wuerzburg. Her research includes studies on witchcraft, .

Hardback. Condition: New. Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore is a collection of thirteen essays on the body of knowledge employed by ancient Near Eastern healing experts, most prominently the 'exorcist' and the 'physician', to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil. The volume provides new insights into the two most important catalogues of Mesopotamian therapeutic lore, the Exorcist's Manual and the Assur Medical Catalogue, and contains discussions of agents of evil and causes of illness, ways of repelling evil and treating patients, the interpretation of natural phenomena in the context of exorcistic lore, and a description of the symbolic cosmos with its divine and demonic inhabitants."This volume in the series on Ancient Divination and Magic published by Brill is a welcome addition to the growing literature on ancient magic ."-Ann Jeffers, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)"Since the focus of the conference from which the essays derive was narrow, most of the essays hang together well and even complement each other. Several offer state-of-the-art treatments of topics and texts that make the volume especially useful. Readers will find much in this volume that contributes to our understanding of Mesopotamian exorcists, magic, medicine, and conceptions of evil."-Scott Noegel, University of Washington, Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.1 (2020).…

Hardback. Condition: New. Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore is a collection of thirteen essays on the body of knowledge employed by ancient Near Eastern healing experts, most prominently the 'exorcist' and the 'physician', to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil. The volume provides new insights into the two most important catalogues of Mesopotamian therapeutic lore, the Exorcist's Manual and the Assur Medical Catalogue, and contains discussions of agents of evil and causes of illness, ways of repelling evil and treating patients, the interpretation of natural phenomena in the context of exorcistic lore, and a description of the symbolic cosmos with its divine and demonic inhabitants."This volume in the series on Ancient Divination and Magic published by Brill is a welcome addition to the growing literature on ancient magic ."-Ann Jeffers, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)"Since the focus of the conference from which the essays derive was narrow, most of the essays hang together well and even complement each other. Several offer state-of-the-art treatments of topics and texts that make the volume especially useful. Readers will find much in this volume that contributes to our understanding of Mesopotamian exorcists, magic, medicine, and conceptions of evil."-Scott Noegel, University of Washington, Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.1 (2020).…

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorGreta Van Buylaere, Ph.D. (2009), University of Udine, is Research Associate on the Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals -project at the University of Wuerzburg. Her research includes studies on witchc.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore is a collection of thirteen essays on the body of knowledge employed by ancient Near Eastern healing experts, most prominently the 'exorcist' and the 'physician', to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil. The volume provides new insights into the two most important catalogues of Mesopotamian therapeutic lore, the Exorcist's Manual and the Assur Medical Catalogue, and contains discussions of agents of evil and causes of illness, ways of repelling evil and treating patients, the interpretation of natural phenomena in the context of exorcistic lore, and a description of the symbolic cosmos with its divine and demonic inhabitants. 'This volume in the series on Ancient Divination and Magic published by Brill is a welcome addition to the growing literature on ancient magic .' -Ann Jeffers, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019) 'Since the focus of the conference from which the essays derive was narrow, most of the essays hang together well and even complement each other. Several offer state-of-the-art treatments of topics and texts that make the volume especially useful. Readers will find much in this volume that contributes to our understanding of Mesopotamian exorcists, magic, medicine, and conceptions of evil.' -Scott Noegel, University of Washington, Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.1 (2020).…

Hardback. Condition: New. Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore is a collection of thirteen essays on the body of knowledge employed by ancient Near Eastern healing experts, most prominently the 'exorcist' and the 'physician', to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil. The volume provides new insights into the two most important catalogues of Mesopotamian therapeutic lore, the Exorcist's Manual and the Assur Medical Catalogue, and contains discussions of agents of evil and causes of illness, ways of repelling evil and treating patients, the interpretation of natural phenomena in the context of exorcistic lore, and a description of the symbolic cosmos with its divine and demonic inhabitants."This volume in the series on Ancient Divination and Magic published by Brill is a welcome addition to the growing literature on ancient magic ."-Ann Jeffers, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)"Since the focus of the conference from which the essays derive was narrow, most of the essays hang together well and even complement each other. Several offer state-of-the-art treatments of topics and texts that make the volume especially useful. Readers will find much in this volume that contributes to our understanding of Mesopotamian exorcists, magic, medicine, and conceptions of evil."-Scott Noegel, University of Washington, Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.1 (2020).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. xx, 507 pages, 69 plates : illustrations : 30 cm. Summary: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. …

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. 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. Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals and prescriptions prescribe ceremonies 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 and critical editions of this body of texts. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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