Incantations and Anti-Witchcraft Texts from Ugarit

Gregorio del Olmo Lete

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Incantations and Anti-Witchcraft Texts from Ugarit

Gregorio del Olmo Lete
In collaboration with: Ignacio Márquez Rowe

Volume 4 in the series Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614514923

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Ugaritic literary and ritual studies have often neglected or even ignored the Akkadian material from the same archives, which can be used as a frame of reference for the Ugaritic texts. The aim of this work is to offer a comprehensive study of the consonantal (Ugaritic) as well as the syllabic (Akkadian) incantation and anti-witchcraft texts from Ras Shamra as a unified corpus. These texts, dealing with impending dangers (mainly snakebites) and witchcraft attacks, are placed in the context of Ancient Near Eastern magic literature. A discussion of general topics, including magic and religion, the Ugaritic gods of magic, and the definition of incantation, is followed by a new collation and translation of the Akkadian texts, as well as new photographic material for both series. The main focus of this book is the close reading of the consonantal texts in the context of the much larger and better analyzed corpus of Akkadian magic literature.

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Gregorio del Olmo Lete, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Reviews

"The discussion of Ugaritic texts in this volume is exemplary, insightful, and thought provoking. del Olmo Lete is to be commended for bringing Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft literature to bear on the interpretation of Ugaritic incantations, and with this work he opens a much needed and welcome discussion of magic in Ugarit."
Bronson Brown-deVost in: BMCR 2015.05.26

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Prologue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
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Introduction: Magic and Witchcraft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Ugaritic Gods and Magic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
The Babylonian Incantation Texts from Ugarit Ignacio Márquez Rowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Dubious and Incorrectly Identified Ugaritic Incantation Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
KTU 1.82: A Miscellaneous Incantation/ Anti-Witchcraft Text against Snakebite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
KTU 1.96: An Incantation against the “Evil Eye” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
KTU 1.96 Once Again Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
KTU 1.107: A Compendium of Incantations against Snakebite Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
KTU 1.169: A Compendium of Incantations against Word Sorcery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
KTU 1.178: An Incantation against Snakebite for Personal Use Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
KTU 1.100: The Prototype Canonical Incantation Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Conclusion: ỉl and ḥrn: Divine Power versus Magic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
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Incantations and Anti-Witchcraft Texts from Ugarit

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