2019, ISBN: 9789004189133

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 1/2"). xxxviii, [2], 615, [1]pp (Vol. 1); vi, 41, [3]pp (Text), 142pp (Photographic plate… More...

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 1/2"). xxxviii, [2], 615, [1]pp (Vol. 1); vi, 41, [3]pp (Text), 142pp (Photographic plates), 44 full-page and large folded plans (Vol. 2). Original full burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spines. This striking two-volume set documents Richard Francis Strong Starr's expedition to the ancient Mesopotamian city of Nuzi (destroyed in 1350 B.C.), in modern-day Iraq, that unearthed the world's oldest map and armor. The map was dated to 2500 B.C. The excavation of Nuzi turned up also glass artifacts and thousands of clay tablets, marked in cuneiform, one of the earliest forms of writing. The tablets describe the society of the day and, when combined with the material excavated from Nuzi, create a powerful resource for scholars seeking to understand the Mesopotamian region of more than three thousand years ago. This scholarly set is profusely illustrated throughout with 142 b/w photographic plates as well as 44 full-page and large folded plans. Bindings slightly rubbed with sporadic and tiny discoloration spots on covers. Previous owner's name in ink on inside of each front cover. Bindings in overall good to good+, interior in very good condition., Harvard University Press, 1939, 3, Leiden: Brill, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-3/4"). 4 volumes. Double column text in English with some parallel transliterations of Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform writing. Brown boards lettered in white with yellow band at top. Vols. 2 & 3 with 223 plates of cuneiform tablets. Volume 4 contains the Glossaries and Indices. All volumes are in fine, as new condition and Volume 3 is still in the publisher's shrink-wrap. 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. (Publisher) Volumes 8/1, 8/2, 8/3, and 8/4 of the Brill series, "Ancient Magic and Divination." (AMD). Note: this volume was announced by Brill as a 2010 publication, but our copy, still the first edition, has an imprint date of 2011., Brill, 2019, 4<

2011, ISBN: 9004189130

Hardcover

[EAN: 9789004189133], Near Fine, [SC: 32.26], [PU: Brill, Leiden], Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-3/4"). xvi, 618pp. Double column text in English with some parallel transliterations of Sumerian and… More...

[EAN: 9789004189133], Near Fine, [SC: 32.26], [PU: Brill, Leiden], Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-3/4"). xvi, 618pp. Double column text in English with some parallel transliterations of Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform writing. This pagination includes 133 plates of cuneiform tablets at rear. Brown boards lettered in white with yellow band at top. Hint of shelf wear at bottom edge, otherwise a fine copy. "Even in its incomplete form, Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals is a major contribution to the study of witchcraft, supernatural belief, folk medicine (both supernatural and non-supernatural), theories of magic, incantations, and ritual. This edition is required reading for any scholar with an interest in these topics." David Elton Gay, Indiana University 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. (Publisher) Contents: Preliminary Material -- The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals Ancient Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs -- Texts of Group One Prescriptions for Undoing Witchcraft (Ana PiÅ¡erti KiÅ¡pÄ«) -- Texts of Group Two Prescriptions to be Used for Bewitched Persons (Åumma AmÄ"lu KaÅ¡ip) -- Texts of Group Seven UÅ¡burruda Texts -- Texts of Group Eight Ceremonial Rituals for Undoing Witchcraft -- Texts of Group Nine Anti-Witchcraft Incantations Within BÄ«t 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 -- Texts of Group Twelve Diagnostic Texts -- Bibliography -- Concordances -- Registers -- Copies of Cuneiform Texts -- Collations. Volume 8/1 of the Brill series, "Ancient Magic and Divination." (AMD). Note: this volume was announced by Brill as a 2010 publication, but our copy, still the first edition, has an imprint date of 2011., Books<

2011, ISBN: 9789004189133

Leiden: Brill, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-3/4"). xvi, 618pp. Double column text in English with some parallel transliterations of Sumerian and Akkadi… More...

Leiden: Brill, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-3/4"). xvi, 618pp. Double column text in English with some parallel transliterations of Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform writing. This pagination includes 133 plates of cuneiform tablets at rear. Brown boards lettered in white with yellow band at top. Hint of shelf wear at bottom edge, otherwise a fine copy. "Even in its incomplete form, Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals is a major contribution to the study of witchcraft, supernatural belief, folk medicine (both supernatural and non-supernatural), theories of magic, incantations, and ritual. This edition is required reading for any scholar with an interest in these topics." David Elton Gay, Indiana University 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. (Publisher) Contents: Preliminary Material -- The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals Ancient Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs -- Texts of Group One Prescriptions for Undoing Witchcraft (Ana Pi¨erti Ki¨p) -- Texts of Group Two Prescriptions to be Used for Bewitched Persons (¦umma Amlu Ka¨ip) -- Texts of Group Seven U¨burruda Texts -- Texts of Group Eight Ceremonial Rituals for Undoing Witchcraft -- Texts of Group Nine Anti-Witchcraft Incantations Within Bt 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 -- Texts of Group Twelve Diagnostic Texts -- Bibliography -- Concordances -- Registers -- Copies of Cuneiform Texts -- Collations. Volume 8/1 of the Brill series, "Ancient Magic and Divination." (AMD). Note: this volume was announced by Brill as a 2010 publication, but our copy, still the first edition, has an imprint date of 2011., Brill, 2011, 4<

2019, ISBN: 9004189130

Hardcover

[EAN: 9789004189133], Near Fine, [SC: 32.26], [PU: Brill, Leiden], Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-3/4"). 4 volumes. Double column text in English with some parallel transliterations of Sumerian and … More...

[EAN: 9789004189133], Near Fine, [SC: 32.26], [PU: Brill, Leiden], Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-3/4"). 4 volumes. Double column text in English with some parallel transliterations of Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform writing. Brown boards lettered in white with yellow band at top. Vols. 2 & 3 with 223 plates of cuneiform tablets. Volume 4 contains the Glossaries and Indices. All volumes are in fine, as new condition and Volume 3 is still in the publisher's shrink-wrap. 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. (Publisher) Volumes 8/1, 8/2, 8/3, and 8/4 of the Brill series, "Ancient Magic and Divination." (AMD). Note: this volume was announced by Brill as a 2010 publication, but our copy, still the first edition, has an imprint date of 2011., Books<