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UTUKKŪ LEMNŪTU (UDUG-HUL) IN A NEW TEXT FROM THE IRAQ MUSEUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2020

Munther Ali  and
Markham J. Geller
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Abstract

A small tablet fragment acquired by the Iraq Museum raises interesting questions, although at first it appeared to be a simple duplicate manuscript from the large bilingual incantation series Udug-hul. Publishing this fragment has drawn attention to an interesting feature of Mesopotamian incantations, in which the āšipu-exorcist protects himself first, before addressing the patient. Although this practice has been known from Tablet 3 of Udug-hul incantations, it turns out that Assur exorcists occasionally inserted their own names into otherwise anonymous incantations and prayers, in order to ensure their own protection, which is a practice not known from other sites.

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IRAQ , Volume 82 , December 2020 , pp. 3 - 13
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Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 2020

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