Schlaf, Kindchen, Schlaf!

Mesopotamische Baby-Beschworungen und -Rituale

Walter Farber author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press

Published:30th Jun '89

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Schlaf, Kindchen, Schlaf! cover

This study presents Mesopotamian incantations and rituals for calming infants and protecting them against disease. The book’s work is thus of interest not only to Near Eastern specialists, but to anthropologists and historians of medicine as well. The author introduces, edits, and translates the texts, which include much hitherto unpublished material. He follows his edition with discussions of the words for infant and baby in Akkadian and an analysis of the rubrics, subscripts, and the incantations themselves. A final chapter is devoted to folkloristic and stylistic analyses of the material. Included as well are indexes, a glossary, ritual materials, and cuneiform copies.

ISBN: 9780931464447

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 22mm

Weight: 726g

224 pages