Two Previously Unedited Early Dynastic Incantations from CUSAS 32 1, Presumably against Scorpions
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Aula Orientalis |
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| Web | https://www.ub.edu/ipoa/aula-orientalis/au-or-2023-412/ |
| Keywords | sumerská magie; sumerská zaklínadla 3. tisíciletí; raně dynastické období; magie proti štírům |
| Description | The article provides critical editions of Early Dynastic incantations CUSAS 32 1 d and i, whose functions were ascertained as being against scorpions and their poisonous attacks. Besides detailed philological commentary, the article also situates the spells into the context of broader 3rd-millennium Sumerian incantation tradition and discusses performative aspects of the texts. |
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