Bodies of knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia: the diviners of Late Bronze Age Emar and their tablet collection

In Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia Matthew Rutz investigates how libraries and archives can be used to study ancient diviners, an approach illustrated using one family's cuneiform tablet collection from Emar on the Syrian Euphrates (ca. 1375-1175 BCE)

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Published in:Ancient magic and divination
Subtitles:Scholars, texts, and contexts : an archaeological and textual study of the Diviners' Archive from Late Bronze Age Emar, Syria
Main Author: Rutz, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill 2013
In: Ancient magic and divination (9)
Reviews:[Rezension von: Rutz, Matthew, Bodies of knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia : the diviners of Late Bronze Age Emar and their tablet collection] (2020) (Böck, Barbara)
Edition:Online-Ausg.
Series/Journal:Ancient magic and divination 9
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mesopotamia / Religion / Divination / Omen (Popular belief)
Further subjects:B Omens History To 1500
B Divination / BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Generals
B Divination History To 1500
B Cuneiform tablets Syria Emar (Extinct city)
B Omens History To 1500
B Omens History To 1500
B Cuneiform tablets (Syria) (Emar (Extinct city))
B Thesis
B Divination / BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Fortune Telling
B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Prophecy
B Assyro-Babylonian religion
B Divination History To 1500
B Divination History To 1500
B Assyro-Babylonian literature
B Cuneiform tablets Syria Emar (Extinct city)
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Summary:In Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia Matthew Rutz investigates how libraries and archives can be used to study ancient diviners, an approach illustrated using one family's cuneiform tablet collection from Emar on the Syrian Euphrates (ca. 1375-1175 BCE)
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
ISBN:9004245677
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Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004245686