The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia
Being Babylonian and Assyrian Incantations against the Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, and Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind
Volume 2. Fever Sickness and Headache, Etc.
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Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
- Editor and Translator: R. Campbell Thompson
- Date Published: September 2018
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108084611
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Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876–1941), grandson of the mathematician Augustus De Morgan, studied oriental languages at Cambridge, and in 1899 began his career in the British Museum's department of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities. He participated in excavations at Nineveh and Carchemish with colleagues including Leonard William King and David George Hogarth (whose works are also reissued in this series). Thompson's later publications included a verse translation of The Epic of Gilgamish, and studies of ancient science. Published in 1903–4, this two-volume work made a substantial contribution to modern knowledge of ancient Babylonian demonology and magical practices. Volume 2 focuses on purification rituals, protection against disease, and descriptions of supernatural beings, but also contains additional protective charms against evil spirits. The work includes transliterations and explanatory notes, and was designed to accompany earlier British Museum publications of cuneiform texts from the seventh-century BCE Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh.
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- Date Published: September 2018
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108084611
- length: 244 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.308kg
- contains: 1 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Series Asakki Marsuti
Series Ti'i
Miscellaneous incantations
Series Luh-ka
Descriptions of gods, etc.
Legend of the worm
Vocabulary of selected words.
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