This study presents Mesopotamian incantations and rituals for calming infants and protecting them against disease. The book's work is thus of interest not only to Near Eastern specialists, but to anthropologists and historians of medicine as well. The author introduces, edits, and translates the texts, which include much hitherto unpublished material. He follows his edition with discussions of the words for infant and baby in Akkadian and an analysis of the rubrics, subscripts, and the incantations themselves. A final chapter is devoted to folkloristic and stylistic analyses of the material. Included as well are indexes, a glossary, ritual materials, and cuneiform copies.
- ISBN10 0931464447
- ISBN13 9780931464447
- Publish Date 30 June 1989
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Eisenbrauns
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English