Volume 2

The devils and evil spirits of Babylonia : being Babylonian and Assyrian incantations against the demons, ghouls, vampires, hobgoblins, ghosts, and kindred evil spirits, which attack mankind / Tr. from the original cuneiform texts, with transliterations, vocabulary, notes, etc. by R. Campbell Thompson.

  • Thompson, R. Campbell (Reginald Campbell), 1876-1941.
Date:
1903-1904
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Credit: The devils and evil spirits of Babylonia : being Babylonian and Assyrian incantations against the demons, ghouls, vampires, hobgoblins, ghosts, and kindred evil spirits, which attack mankind / Tr. from the original cuneiform texts, with transliterations, vocabulary, notes, etc. by R. Campbell Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15. Or his hand touched a bewitched woman, Or he came in contact with a man of unclean hands, Tablet “ AA.” (Plate XXXVIII.) Or saw one with unwashen hands. Or his hand touched one of unclean body. . 5. Marduk hath seen him, and Unto Ea his father in the Deep told it: 10. “ Father, his magician in some poured out libation hath trodden, hath trodden, or “He hath put his foot in some unclean water, “ Or he hath cast his eye on the water of unwashen hands, 15. “ Or he hath come in contact with a woman of unclean hands, “ Or he hath glanced at a maid with unwashen hands, “ Or his hand hath touched a bewitched woman, “Or he hath come in contact with a man of unclean hands, “ Or he hath seen one with unwashen hands. * K. 4,900, DA. ^ S. 924, SI. ^ K. 4,900 and K. 6,029 translate me-e ka-ti la mi-sa-a-ti i-la-mar. ^ S. 924 omits. ^ S. 924 and K. 6,029 omit.