Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen - Band 8: Healing Magic and Evil Demons - Canonical Udug-hul Incantations

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.

About the author

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

Report

"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

Product details

• Authors: Markham J Geller, Markham J. Geller
• Assisted by: Nils P. Heeßel (Editor), Franz Köcher (Editor), Marten Stol (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9781614515326
• ISBN: 978-1-61451-532-6
• No. of pages: 729
• Dimensions: 217 mm x 51 mm x 287 mm
• Weight: 1933 g
• Illustrations: 161 b/w ill.
• Sets: Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen; Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen
• Series: Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen; Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen; Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen, Band 8
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity