Lamaštu

An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lamaštu Incantations and Rituals and Related Texts from the Second and First Millennia B.C.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Lamaštu was one of the most important Mesopotamian demons, playing a dominant role in the magico-religious and magico-medical beliefs and practices of ancient Mesopotamia for nearly two millennia. Yet, she has never been the subject of a scholarly monograph dedicated to the textual and visual evidence for her, her activities, and the measures that ancient magical specialists took to counter her. This volume also falls short of this description, because it covers only one part of the material: it is an edition of the textual record only, which is, however, collected here as completely as seems possible today. Walter Farber, who has studied these materials for decades, presents a comprehensive collection of all of the known texts, the texts of the primary incantations in a “score” format, and transliteration and translation of a number of ancillary texts. This much-awaited volume will fill the void in the literature on this aspect of the life and thought of ancient Mesopotamian peoples regarding the character of this malevolent creature and the means of warding off the threat that she posed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-04-07
Mått216 x 279 x 32 mm
Vikt1 588 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMesopotamian Civilizations
Antal sidor488
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9781575062587

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Lamaštu, Daughter of Anu: A SketchThe Lamaštu Texts: Ancient HistoryLamaštu Texts in the Third and Second Millennia B.C.Lamaštu Texts in the First Millennium B.C.The Lamaštu Texts: Recent HistoryThe Beginnings in the 19th Century: Lamaštu AmuletsThe First TextsFrom Myhrman to GeersFranz Köcher: Dissertation (1948) and CAD manuscript (1974)New Discoveries Since 1977Manuscript SourcesPart I: The Canonical Lamaštu Series (“Lam. I–III”)Part II: Lamaštu Incantations and Rituals That Are Not Part of the Standard Babylonian SeriesPart III: Three Unidentified Standard Babylonian Fragments with Possible Connections to the Lamaštu CorpusTable I. Previous PublicationsTable II. List of Museum and Excavation NumbersTable III. Concordance between “Lam. I–II” and “Lam. III” (Rituals and Incipits)Table IV: Index to Separate Transliterations, Transcriptions, and Translations of Parallels and Related TextsThe Texts: EditionPart I: The Canonical Lamaštu Series (“Lam. I–III”)Part II: Lamaštu Incantations and Rituals That Are Not Part of the Standard Babylonian SeriesPart III: Three Unidenti ed Standard Babylonian Fragments with Possible Connections to the Lamaštu CorpusGlossary to the Lamaštu Texts BibliographyIndexesPlates