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Babylonian Magic and Sorcery: Being the Prayers of the Lifting of the Hand

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Babylonian Magic and Sorcery: Being the Prayers of the Lifting of the Hand - King, Leonard W
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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 ...

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Babylonian Magic and Sorcery: Being the Prayers of the Lifting of the Hand 2000, Weiser Books

ISBN-13: 9780877289340

Hardcover

Babylonian Magic and Sorcery: Being "The Prayers of the Lifting of the Hand" 1975, Olms

ISBN-13: 9783487056166

Unabridged

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