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R. A. Gilbert

    Babylonian Magic and Sorcery
    The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
    The Oxford Books of English Ghost Stories
    • 2000

      Babylonian Magic and Sorcery

      The Prayers of the Lifting of the Hand

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      First published in 1896, King presents the cuneiform text of a group of 60 clay tablets inscribed with prayers and religious compositions of a devotional and magical character. These tablets were created by the scribes of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, between 669625 b.c., and are currently part of the Kuyunjik collection in the British Museum. King's illustrations feature a transliteration of each tablet with an English translation of wellpreserved passages. King includes a BabylonianEnglish glossary, a list of proper names and numerals with their corresponding cuneiform inscriptions, and a list of words and word portions of uncertain translation.

      Babylonian Magic and Sorcery
    • 1992