Two Incantations for the Recapture of Runaway Slaves

This paper presents the edition of two Late Babylonian tablets (BM 40482 and BM 71630) that belong to the corpus of the exorcist’s lore (āšipūtu). These texts contain magic rituals for recapturing runaway slaves. Rituals of this kind, so far known only from LKA 135, belong to the type of aggressive...

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Authors: Galetti, Gianluca (Author) ; Da Riva, Rocío 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2023
In: Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-26
IxTheo Classification:AZ New religious movements
BC Ancient Orient; religion
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
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