CONTENTS

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

INTRODUCTION

TEXTS OF GROUP THREE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SYMPTOMS INDICATING WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 3.1 FRAGMENTARY PRESCRIPTIONS FROM BOĞAZKÖY (I)

TEXT 3.2 FRAGMENTARY PRESCRIPTIONS FROM BOĞAZKÖY (II)

TEXT 3.3 FRAGMENTARY PRESCRIPTIONS FROM BOĞAZKÖY (III)

TEXT 3.4 NECKLACES AND LEATHER POUCHES, RITUALS AND PRAYERSAGAINST WITCHCRAFT, DIVINE WRATH AND OTHER EVILS

TEXT 3.5 NECKLACES AND LEATHER POUCHESAGAINST WITCHCRAFT AND ADVERSARIES

TEXT 3.6 A LEATHER POUCH AGAINST WITCHCRAFT AND DIVINE WRATH

TEXT 3.7 LEATHER POUCHES AGAINST WITCHCRAFT AND DIVINE WRATH

TEXT 3.8 RITUAL AGAINST THE WITCHCRAFT OF AN ADVERSARY,SLANDER AND DIVINE WRATH

TEXTS OF GROUP SEVEN UŠBURRUDA TEXTS

TEXT 7.11 WITCHES, CURSES AND THE VIGIL OF THE SEVENTH DAY

TEXT 7.12 WASHING OFF WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 7.13 AN OINTMENT OF OANNES

TEXT 7.14 TRAPPING AND BURNING WITCHES

TEXT 7.15 UŠBURRUDA FROM SIPPAR IN ASSYRIAN SCRIPT

TEXT 7.16 AN UŠBURRUDA FRAGMENT FROM SIPPAR

TEXT 7.17 A FRAGMENT FROM SIPPAR

TEXT 7.18 BURNING FIGURINES BEFORE GIRRA

TEXT 7.19 OVEN, KING OF THE GODS

TEXT 7.20 A FRAGMENT FROM AŠŠUR

TEXT 7.21 UŠBURRUDA-RITUAL BEFORE JUPITER

TEXT 7.22 FACING THE WITCH EQUIPPED WITH ḪAŠUTTU-PLANT

TEXT 7.23 THE ANḪULLÛ-PLANT VANQUISHES WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 7.24 THE RAP DU-PLANT DYES THE STEPPE

TEXT 7.25 FIGURINE MAGIC BEFORE ŠAMAŠ

TEXT 7.26 FRAGMENTARY COLLECTION OF UŠBURRUDA-RITUALS

TEXTS OF GROUP EIGHT CEREMONIAL RITUALS FOR UNDOING WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 8.15 SUMERIAN INCANTATIONS AGAINST A DEMONIC WITCH

TEXT 8.16 DOUGH AGAINST THE SEVEN ARCH-WITCHES

TEXT 8.17 FIGURINE MAGIC BEFORE UTU

TEXT 8.18 CRUSHING THE WITCH

TEXT 8.19 AN OLD BABYLONIAN RITUAL FOR A BEWITCHED HOUSE

TEXT 8.20 MAQLÛ INCANTATIONS OUTSIDE MAQLÛ

TEXT 8.21 MORE MAQLÛ INCANTATIONS OUTSIDE MAQLÛ

TEXT 8.22 A LEATHER POUCH AGAINST WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 8.23 EVIL TONGUES

TEXT 8.24 THE BOWL OF THE DIVINER

TEXT 8.25 GHOSTS, GODS AND WITCHES

TEXT 8.26 DISPELLING A GHOST SENT BY WITCHES

TEXT 8.27 PROTECTED BY THE DOG-MAN OF MARDUK

TEXT 8.28 THE ANḪULLÛ-PLANT, THE GUARDIAN OF MARDUK

TEXT 8.29 TOGETHER WITH IŠTAR BACK TO LIFE

TEXT 8.30 ŠAMAŠ, KING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, LORD OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE

TEXT 8.31 PRAYING TO ŠAMAŠ, FEEDING WITCHCRAFT TO A DONKEY

TEXT 8.32 BURNING FIGURINES BEFORE ŠAMAŠ

TEXT 8.33 BURYING FIGURINES BEFORE ŠAMAŠ

TEXT 8.34 ŠAMAŠ, THIS IS MY SORCERER!

TEXT 8.35 FRAGMENTARY PRAYER, PROBABLY TO ŠAMAŠ

TEXT 8.36 WITCHCRAFT BEFORE THE MOON AND THE SUN

TEXT 8.37 FRAGMENTARY INCANTATIONS TO SÎN

TEXT 8.38 GIRRA KILLS THE EVILDOER

TEXT 8.39 GIRRA, DESTROYER OF WARLOCK AND WITCH

TEXT 8.40 PRAYER TO SCORPIUS AND THE STARS

TEXT 8.41 PRAYER TO NINURTA-SIRIUS

TEXT 8.42 THE KING’S ENEMIES AND THEIR WITCHCRAFT:A NOCTURNAL RITUAL FOR BATTLE

TEXT 8.43 WHEN ADAD CONSTANTLY THUNDERS

TEXT 8.44 A FRAGMENTARY LIST OF WITCHCRAFT DIAGNOSES AND INCANTATIONS

TEXTS OF GROUP NINE ANTI-WITCHCRAFT INCANTATIONS WITHIN BĪT RIMKI AND RELATED TEXTS

TEXT 9.4 WASHING OVER THE ENEMY IN THE BATHHOUSE (FIRST HOUSE OF BĪT RIMKI)

TEXT 9.5 AN AKKADIAN ŠAMAŠ PRAYER (SIXTH HOUSE OF BĪT RIMKI?)

TEXT 9.6 WISE KING, SAGACIOUS CREATOR

TEXT 9.7 PRAYER TO NABÛ CONCERNING WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 9.8 PRAYERS TO ORION

TEXTS OF GROUP TEN RITUALS AGAINST ZIKURUDÛ AND OTHER SPECIAL TYPES OF WITCHCRAFT

TEXT GROUP 10.6 SALVES AND RITUALS AGAINST ZIKURUDÛAND OTHER SPECIAL TYPES OF WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 10.7 DISPELLING ZIKURUDÛ FROM A HOUSE

TEXT 10.8 PRAYER AND RITUAL BEFORE SIRIUS

TEXT 10.9 ZIKURUDÛ BEFORE SCORPIUS

TEXT 10.10 ZIKURUDÛ OF THE SEVENTH MONTH BEFORE URSA MAJOR

TEXT 10.11 ZIKURUDÛ BEFORE CYGNUS

TEXT 10.12 ZIKURUDÛ BEFORE JUPITER

TEXT 10.13 FRAGMENTARY RITUALS AGAINST ZIKURUDÛ

TEXT 10.14 ‘SEIZING-OF-THE-MOUTH’ MAGIC AND STROKE

TEXT 10.15 A REMEDY PRESCRIBED BY THE SEVEN SAGES AGAINST ‘SEIZING-OF-THE-MOUTH’

TEXT 10.16 INGREDIENTS FOR A POTION AGAINST ‘SEIZING-OF-THE-MOUTH’ (I)

TEXT 10.17 INGREDIENTS FOR A POTION AGAINST ‘SEIZING-OF-THE-MOUTH’ (II)

TEXT 10.18 DAY AND NIGHT NECKLACES AGAINST ‘SEIZING-OF-THE-MOUTH’

TEXTS OF GROUP ELEVEN RITUALS IN CASE OF EVIL OMENS INDICATING WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 11.3 NAMBURBI-RITUALS AGAINST WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 11.4 AMULET TABLETS FOR PROTECTING HOUSES AGAINST WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 11.5 EVIL SIGNS IN A MAN’S HOUSE

TEXT 11.6 DREAMING OF WITCHCRAFT

TEXT 11.7 A CURE FOR ALL ILLNESSES OF MANKIND

ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO VOLUME 1

TEXT A.1 A LATE BABYLONIAN ANA PIŠERTI KIŠPĪ COLLECTION

TEXT A.2 A PRESCRIPTION AGAINST WITCHCRAFT

TEXT A.3 A FRAGMENT OF AN ANTI-WITCHCRAFT RITUAL BEFORE ŠAMAŠ

TEXT A.4 THE ŠAMAŠ PRAYER BĒL BĒLĪ ŠAR ŠARRĪ

TEXT A.5 A LIST OF MATERIALS FOR AN ANTI-WITCHCRAFT RITUAL

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO VOLUME 1

1. LIST OF ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO VOLUME 1

2. LIST OF MINOR CORRECTIONS AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN VOLUME 1

BIBLIOGRAPHY (VOLUMES 1–2)

CONCORDANCES (VOLUMES 1–2)

TEXT NUMBER

MUSEUM NUMBER

PREVIOUS PUBLICATION

CONCORDANCE BETWEEN THE TEXT NUMBERS OF CMAwR AND P-NUMBERS OF CDLI

CONCORDANCE BETWEEN THE TEXT EDITIONS IN CMAwR AND UFBG

REGISTERS (VOLUMES 1–2)

1. BOTANICAL AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES USED IN THE PRESCRIPTIONS

2. INCANTATION INCIPITS

3. WORDS DISCUSSED

4. SELECTED TEXTS

COPIES OF CUNEIFORM TEXTS

COLLATIONS