Babylonian magic and sorcery : being "The prayers of the lifting of the hand" : the cuneiform texts of a group of Babylonian and Assyrian incantations and magical formulae /

Babylonian magic and sorcery : being "The prayers of the lifting of the hand" : the cuneiform texts of a group of Babylonian and Assyrian incantations and magical formulae /

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Author / Creator:King, L. W. (Leonard William), 1869-1919
Imprint:London : Luzac and Co., 1896.
Description:xxx, 199 p., 76 leaves of plates : facsims. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Magic, Assyro-Babylonian
Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian
Assyro-Babylonian religion -- Rituals -- Texts.
Akkadian language -- Texts
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13231713
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Notes:Title in cuneiform characters at head of t.p.
The cuneiform text of a complete group of tablets inscribed with prayers and religious compositions from the Kuyunjik collections in the British Museum, together with a transliteration, and a running translation in the case of well preserved or unbroken documents. There are about 60 texts, of which only one has been published previously.
Also available on microfiche; Chicago : American Theological Library Association, 1992. 3 microfiche. High reduction. Silver based film. (ATLA monograph preservation program ; ATLA fiche 1990-2964).
Includes the Akkadian texts both in transliteration, and in original cuneiform characters reproduced in the plates; with English translation where possible.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library

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