• animals, rodents, reptiles, scorpions and insects, including a general namburbi for the omen series Šumma izbu. A small part of the corpus of rituals,...
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  • Gottesbriefe, Ikribus, Royal, Tamitas and other queries, Hymns, Šigû, and Namburbi. Tribal specialists in ritual were required to perform incantations to...
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    (Blast of wind) † The Demoness Lamaštu Conjurations against All Evil (Namburbi) Maqlû (Combustion) Šurpu (Cremation) To change bad dreams into good †...
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  • "burning" to counter witchcraft, Šurpu, “incineration” to counter curses, Namburbi, to preempt inauspicious omens, Utukkū Lemnūtu (actually bilingual), to...
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  • (Blast of wind) † The Demoness Lamaštu Conjurations against All Evil (Namburbi) Maqlû (Combustion) Šurpu (Cremation) To change bad dreams into good †...
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  • and the incantation tummu bītu (“Adjured is the house”).” It occurs in a namburbi performed when preparing to dig a new well and appended to tablet seventeen...
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    Kings of Ur 1900 BC: Akkadian Legend of Etana, Summa izbu, Šumma ālu, Namburbi, and Iškar Zaqīqu 1900 BC: Sumerian Code of Lipit-Ishtar and The Legend...
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  • (Blast of wind) † The Demoness Lamaštu Conjurations against All Evil (Namburbi) Maqlû (Combustion) Šurpu (Cremation) To change bad dreams into good †...
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  • (Blast of wind) † The Demoness Lamaštu Conjurations against All Evil (Namburbi) Maqlû (Combustion) Šurpu (Cremation) To change bad dreams into good †...
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  • (Blast of wind) † The Demoness Lamaštu Conjurations against All Evil (Namburbi) Maqlû (Combustion) Šurpu (Cremation) To change bad dreams into good †...
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