LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Seleucid

Cuneiform Tablet: Tablet 3 of the Series Utukki Lemnuti Clay Mesopotamia, probably Babylon Seleucid period, 3rd-2nd century BC Accession # 86.11.379a-f Utukki Lemnuti, a series of incantations against attack by demons and ghosts, was recorded on cuneiform tablets from the mid-third millennium BC to the third century BC. Tablet 3 describes the role of the incantation priest in diagnosing the cause of illness. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.