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The Poetry of Magic 魔法之诗

Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical and Interpretative Perspectives Pub Date : 2000-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004496293_006

N. Veldhuis, T. Abusch, K. V. Toorn

引用次数: 4

Magic in History: A Theoretical Perspective, and Its Application to Ancient Mesopotamia 历史上的魔法:一个理论视角及其在古代美索不达米亚的应用

Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical and Interpretative Perspectives Pub Date : 2000-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004496293_005

F. Wiggermann, W. Binsbergen

引用次数: 18

How the Babylonians Protected Themselves against Calamities Announced by Omens 巴比伦人如何保护自己免受预兆所宣布的灾难

Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical and Interpretative Perspectives Pub Date : 2000-01-01 DOI: 10.11588/PROPYLAEUMDOK.00000908

S. Maul

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Apotropaic Figures at Mesopotamian Temples in the Third and Second Millennia 第三千年和第二千年美索不达米亚神庙中的神谕人物

Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical and Interpretative Perspectives Pub Date : 2000-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004496293_014

引用次数: 8

A Scholar’s Library in Meturan? With an Edition of the Tablet H 72 (Textes de Tell Haddad VII) Meturan的学者图书馆?与h72版平板电脑(Textes de Tell Haddad VII)

Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical and Interpretative Perspectives Pub Date : 2000-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004496293_018

引用次数: 9

More Incantations and Rituals from the Yale Babylonian Collection 更多来自耶鲁巴比伦收藏的咒语和仪式

Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical and Interpretative Perspectives Pub Date : 2000-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789004496293_019

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