Written on the Lungs: The Neo-Assyrian Lung Model Rm 620 and Ancient Mesopotamian Lung Divination
Several sources prove that sheep lungs played an important role in Ancient Mesopotamian extispicy practice. Nevertheless, they have received comparatively little attention in Assyriology. The terminology used by ancient diviners to describe the various parts of the divinatory lung represents an espe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2021
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Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-220 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion KBL Near East and North Africa |
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