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Author Rutz, Matthew, author.

Title Bodies of knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia : the diviners of late Bronze Age Emar and their table collection / by Matthew Rutz.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Ancient magic and divination ; v. 9
Ancient magic and divination ; v. 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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).
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Subject Divination -- History -- To 1500.
Divination.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Omens -- History -- To 1500.
Omens.
Assyro-Babylonian religion.
Assyro-Babylonian religion.
Assyro-Babylonian literature.
Assyro-Babylonian literature.
Cuneiform tablets -- Syria -- Emar (Extinct city)
Cuneiform tablets.
Syria -- Emar (Extinct city)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Rutz, Matthew. Bodies of knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013 9789004245679 (DLC) 2012046969 (OCoLC)827777902
ISBN 9789004245686 (electronic book)
9004245685 (electronic book)
9781299476387 (MyiLibrary)
1299476384 (MyiLibrary)
9789004245679
9004245677