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|a A Mesopotamian miscellany /
|c Karen Polinger Foster ; translations by Benjamin R. Foster.
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|a Piscataway, NJ :
|b Gorgias Press,
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|a INTRODUCTION -- I. EXPLORATIONS OF THE MIND -- LEARNING -- School Days in Sumer -- Copycat Homework -- Learned References -- Court Literati -- Belles-Lettres -- Enheduanna, Princess and Poet -- NUMERACY -- Mathematical Lessons -- Measurement Lessons -- Agricultural Accountability -- Taxation -- Weights and Measures -- International Exchange Rates -- Compound Interest -- How Many Miles to Babylon? -- Sun and Moon, Stars and Planets -- MEMORY -- I, Sargon -- Remembering Naram-Sin -- The Curse of Agade -- Remembrance of Things Past -- II. PASSION AND DISCIPLINE -- LOVE -- Sacred Marriage -- Courtship -- Mail-order Bride? -- Marriage Contracts -- Father of the Bride -- Recovering the Dowry -- Adultery -- A Dangerous Liaison -- Unloved and Unmourned -- Family Love -- A Woman's Yearning -- The Love of the Gods for People -- Love, Assaulted -- MADNESS -- The Madness of Gilgamesh -- The Madness of Nabonidus -- Divining Madness in the Land -- Divining Madness in the Person -- Divining Madness at a Distance -- JUSTICE -- Murder for Hire -- Embezzlement -- A Thieving Shepherd -- Witch Trial? -- A Jail Break -- Let the Punishment Fit the Crime -- Learning to be a Law Clerk -- A Broken Engagement -- Buying a House -- A Last Will and Testament -- III. SIGNS AND WONDERS OF NATURE -- ANIMALS -- Animal Proverbs and Fables -- Animal Husbandry -- Cats in Houses -- Cats in Temples -- Creatures for Kings -- Nuisance Animals -- BIRDS -- Anzu, the Wicked Bird -- Bird versus Fish -- Wren Wit -- Eagle Omens -- The Meaning of Spots on Birds -- Ducks and Doves for a Goddess -- Of Eggs and Feathers -- Cooking in Cuneiform -- MAGIC -- Magic Circles -- Magic Bowls -- Childbirth Spells -- Lullaby Spells -- Spells against Lamashtu -- Spells against a Temptress Demon -- Spells Cast by a Sorcerer -- Spells Cast by a Witch -- Pest Control Magic -- Cultic Magic -- Reading the Stars -- Omens and Kings
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