The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia 2 Volume Set: The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia: Being Babylonian and Assyrian Incantations against ... (Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology)

Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876–1941), grandson of the mathematician Augustus De Morgan, studied oriental languages at Cambridge, and in 1899 began his career in the British Museum's department of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities. He participated in excavations at Nineveh and Carchemish with colleagues including Leonard William King and David George Hogarth (whose works are also reissued in this series). Thompson's later publications included a verse translation of The Epic of Gilgamish, and studies of ancient science. Published in 1903–4, this two-volume work made a substantial contribution to modern knowledge of ancient Babylonian demonology and magical practices. Volume 1 focuses on tablets produced in the seventh century BCE to record protective spells against evil spirits, and exorcism rituals. The work includes transliterations and explanatory notes, and was designed to accompany earlier British Museum publications of cuneiform texts from the Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh.
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An aparitie	2015
Autor	R. Campbell Thompson
Dimensiuni	14 x 2.8 x 21.6 cm
Editura	Cambridge University Press
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781108084604
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	278