Band 8 Healing Magic and Evil Demons: Canonical Udug-hul Incantations

Markham J. Geller

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Band 8 Healing Magic and Evil Demons

Canonical Udug-hul Incantations

Markham J. Geller
In collaboration with: Ludek Vacin

Part of the multi-volume work Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513094

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About this book

This book brings together ancient manuscripts of the large compendium of Mesopotamian exorcistic incantations known as Udug.hul (Utukku Lemnutu), directed against evil demons, ghosts, gods, and other demonic malefactors within the Mesopotamian view of the world. It allows for a more accurate appraisal of variants arising from a text tradition spread over more than two millennia and from many ancient libraries.

Author / Editor information

Markham J. Geller, UCL, UK/Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Reviews

"For anyone seriously interested in investigating the impact of the incantation literature (Udug-hul in particular) on the history and practice of Mesopotamian medicine, this volume is, for all intents and purposes, irreplaceable."
Michael S. Moore in: RBL 12/2016

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. Healing magic and Udug-hul Incantations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter Two. Survey of Mesopotamian Magic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter Three. Udug-hul as Healing Arts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter Four. Text Partitur of Udug-hul
Udug-hul Tablet 1-5 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Udug-hul Tablet 6 - 10 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Udug-hul Tablet 11 (Marduk’s Address to the Demons) - 16 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340
Chapter Five Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	542
Indices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	545
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	559
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in ancient Near Eastern religion, in particular Assyriologists and historians of religion.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 729
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 161
Keywords: Udug.hul; Mesopotamia; incantations

eBook

Published: December 14, 2015
ISBN: 9781614513094

Hardcover

Published: December 14, 2015
ISBN: 9781614515326