Volume 1
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.
- Reginald Campbell Thompson
- Date:
- 1903-1904
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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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![Where earth is, there is its place, 190. And the Couch of the Goddess Id its home. In an undefiled dwelling like a forest grove Its shade spreadeth abroad, and none may enter in. 195. In its depths (are) Shamash and Tammuz. (Plate XLVII.) At the confluence of two a streams 200. The gods Ka-Hegal, Shi-Dugal, (and) . of Eridu [Have gathered] this kiskanu, [and ov-er the man] Have performed the Incantation of the Deep, (And) at the head of the wanderer have set (it). 205. That a kindly Guardian, a kindly Spirit May stand at the side of the man, the son of his god. The . . . which seizeth on the hand Of him whose face hath not been turned towards it 1 55*479> -al-tum (?). 2 55,479, ina. 3 55>479> tum' 4 K. 5,183, ri-ta. 5 K. 5,183, dum-ki. 6 Thus, and not ba as in the text. 7 K. 5,183 omits. 8 K 5,183* ana ki-rib. a Literally “ between the mouths of two (or both) streams.” On the meaning of sabdsu, see Introduction.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24876069_0001_0279.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
