RT Article
T1 UTUKKŪ LEMNŪTU (UDUG-HUL) IN A NEW TEXT FROM THE IRAQ MUSEUM
JF Iraq
VO 82
SP 3
OP 13
A1 Ali, Munther
A1 Geller, Markham J. 1949-
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1876937149
AB A small tablet fragment acquired by the Iraq Museum raises interesting questions, although at first it appeared to be a simple duplicate manuscript from the large bilingual incantation series Udug-hul. Publishing this fragment has drawn attention to an interesting feature of Mesopotamian incantations, in which the āšipu-exorcist protects himself first, before addressing the patient. Although this practice has been known from Tablet 3 of Udug-hul incantations, it turns out that Assur exorcists occasionally inserted their own names into otherwise anonymous incantations and prayers, in order to ensure their own protection, which is a practice not known from other sites.
DO 10.1017/irq.2020.10