LB 1002, an Old Babylonian text housed at the Böhl Collection, Leiden, is comprised of an Akkadian magical procedure and a non-Akkadian – most probably Elamite – incantation. The text the talismans and materia magica to be used while...
moreLB 1002, an Old Babylonian text housed at the Böhl Collection, Leiden, is comprised of an Akkadian magical procedure and a non-Akkadian – most probably Elamite – incantation. The text the talismans and materia magica to be used while walking through dangerous and distressing situations.
In an appendix, I offer hand-copies of LB 1001, LB 2001, LB 1003 and LB 1004, a group of Akkadian and Elamite incantations from the Böhl Collection, which have been known for a long time, but never presented in hand-copy