Editorial: Brill
Colección: Ancient Magic and Divination ; 20
Número de páginas: 370 págs.
Fecha de edición: 15-06-2023
EAN: 9789004546141
ISBN: 978-90-04-54614-1
Precio (sin IVA): 139,00 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 144,56 €
Gina Konstantopoulos analyses the Sebettu, a group of seven divine/demonic figures found across a wide range of Mesopotamian textual and artistic sources in Mesopotamia from the late third to first millennium BCE. The Sebettu appeared both as fierce, threatening demons and as divine, protective, figures. These seemingly contradictory qualities worked together, as their martial ferocity facilitated their religious and political role.