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Magical images of gods (1)

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 		Keywords
statues
Period
11th century CE
Neo-Assyrian Empire 		Channel
Arabic culture
Iconographic tradition
Neo-Assyrian texts

Text
Šēp Lemutti Ina Bīt Amēli Parāsu 138-142:
The form of Narudda of [tamarisk], clad in red [paste] with her proper equipment; you shall draw a design with yellow paste representing a sash around her waist; she wears red head-gear on her head; you shall hang a harp at her left side.

Picatrix 2.12:
An image of Venus: the form of a woman with her hair unbound riding on a stag, having in her right hand as apple, and in her left, flowers, and dressed in white garments.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Picatrix 2.12
Šēp Lemutti Ina Bīt Amēli Parāsu 138-142

Bibliography

Dalley 1998, 169Dalley, Stephanie. “The Sassanian Period and Early Islam.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 163-181.
Wiggermann 1992, 12Wiggermann, F. A. M. Mesopotamian Protective Spirits. The Ritual Texts. Cuneiform Monographs 1. Groningen: Styx Publications 1992.

Amar Annus


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