The magical ceremony Maqlu : a critical edition / by Tzvi Abusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abusch, I. Tzvi, author.

Series:

Ancient magic and divination ; Volume 10.

Ancient Magic and Divination, 1566-7952 ; Volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian.

Magic, Assyro-Babylonian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brill 2016

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Akkadian series Maqlû , 'Burning', remains the most important magical text against witchcraft from Mesopotamia and perhaps from the entire ancient Near East. Maqlû is a nine-tablet work consisting of the text of almost 100 incantations and accompanying rituals directed against witches and witchcraft. The work prescribes a single complex ceremony and stands at the end of a complex literary and ceremonial development. Thus, Maqlû provides important information not only about the literary forms and cultural ideas of individual incantations, but also about larger ritual structures and thematic relations of complex ceremonies. This new edition of the standard text contains a synoptic edition of all manuscripts, a composite text in transliteration, an annotated transcription and translation. \'These were only minor remarks scribbled in the margins of an excellent and most welcome edition of Maqlû, a real monument. This book is the firm foundation on which future studies on Maqlû will be based.\' Marten Stol, NINO Leiden, Bibliotheca Orientalis lxxIII n° 5-6, September-December 2016

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction to Synoptic Edition of Maqlû

Index of Manuscripts—Ordered by Siglum

Index of Manuscripts—Ordered by Museum Number

Maqlû Tablet I

Maqlû Tablet II

Maqlû Tablet III

Maqlû Tablet IV

Maqlû Tablet V

Maqlû Tablet VI

Maqlû Tablet VII

Maqlû Tablet VIII

Maqlû Ritual Tablet

Introduction to Composite Transliteration of Maqlû

Introduction to Transcription and Translation of Maqlû

Maqlû Colophons

Maqlû Commentaries

Bibliography

Addendum.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-29170-9

OCLC:

923844441

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004291706 DOI