Publication

1921 - E. Leroux, Paris, France

Language

French

Word Count

49,500 words, Guess

Page Count

198 pages

Identifiers

Description

This is a long article in French, originally published in 1921 in the Revue d'Assyriologie 18:161-198, that surveys rituals and amulets used across the ancient Near East to protect pregnant women against the Lamashtu demoness. "Labartu" is the earlier reading of Lamashtu. Thureau-Dangin provides the signs, transcription, and translation of a tablet from Seleucid-period Warka, a ritual from the Lamashtu series that uses magical stones to safeguard pregnancy. He compares the new text with the existing Lamashtu corpus (18 Lamashtu amulets and other related material). He argues that the key protection afforded by the ritual was that it compelled the Lamashtu to journey to the netherworld (l'Enfer).

Subjects

Topics

Places

WarkaMesopotamianetherworld

People

Lamashtu

Times

Seleucid period

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