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Mesopotamian divination and magic 5
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assembled mainly 2nd–1st millennia BCE
Enūma Anu Enlil
A vast series of celestial omens correlating astronomical phenomena with earthly events. One major root of what eventually becomes judicial astrology.
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2nd–1st millennium BCE
Extispicy manuals
Manuals for reading the features of sacrificial organs. The British Museum's cuneiform collections preserve portions of both the celestial-omen and the divinatory traditions.
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probably standardised in the 1st millennium BCE
Maqlû
A ritual series against witchcraft and hostile magic, with prayers, incantations and the ritual destruction of images of the alleged witch.
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1st millennium BCE
Šurpu
Purification incantations for misfortune whose precise supernatural cause is unknown.
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undated