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Ardat-lilî

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479: 344:, "any evil", a personification of a formula referring to any possible cause of harm which has befallen a person. Specific well known demons and illnesses are singled out as possible sources, but the cause ultimately remains undefined. The formula was originally written in the seventh century by Nabû-kabti-aḫḫēšu, an exorcist from the 490:
as ardat-lilî or lilītu has been proposed, but today it is considered implausible as it is unlikely a figure perceived negatively would be represented as a cultic image. In ancient Mesopotamia demons were not an object of cult, and it was believed they are incapable of heeding prayers of humans the
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it is nonetheless possible to speak of a "detailed, standardized set of motifs". Lorenzo Verderame notes that she was believed to have an "appealing" appearance, in contrast with other demons, who could be described as faceless, "ever-changing"
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accordingly describe her as a being who has never had sex, never got married and as a result had no family. A single incantation additionally states that while still alive, ardat-lilî was unable to partake in a festival
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demon. She is described as the ghost of a young woman who died without experiencing sexual fulfillment or getting married, and as a result attempts to seduce young men. She is one of the members of the category of
244:) alongside other girls, which according to Julia Krul is most likely an allusion to a specific unidentified event which was focused on young women, as opposed to a general reference to religious celebrations. 1364:
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282:. The standard texts are bilingual, with Sumerian and Akkadian versions of the same formula listed side by side. One of the early examples places her in the entourage of 572:, as Pazuzu was believed to have power over her. However, Eric Schmidtchen notes it can be argued that in standardized lists of demons they are divided in three groups, 514:
While it has been suggested that a passage in the Old Babylonian hymn to Ishtar preserved on the tablet AO 6035 might refer to the eponymous deity as the mistress of
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While the being designated by this name could be regarded as a demon, she belonged to the category of demonic animals, possibly representing a demonized owl.
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Verderame, Lorenzo (2013). ""Their Divinity is Different, Their Nature is Distinct!" Nature, Origin, and Features of Demons in Akkadian Literature".
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incantations. She appears for example in a formula meant to prevent various demons from approaching their victims on tablet 6. However, on tablet 5
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way gods were supposed to. With the exception of first millennium BCE exorcist rituals which required the preparation of figures of demons such as
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This name is commonly translated as "exterminator" or "obliterating one" due to being most likely derived from the Akkadian verb
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indicates that the twelfth day of the month was believed to be particularly suitable for performing rituals meant to ward off
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was believed to typically target young men, acting as a demonic seductress. Her role can be compared to that of a
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sources. The name can be translated as "girl of the wind" or "phantom bride". The second half is derived from the
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demons were believed to be the ghosts of young people who died sexually unfulfilled. Incantations focused on
404: 1366:. Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen (in German). Vol. 13. De Gruyter. 279: 72: 52: 175: 171: 142:, "maiden who the storm demon chose". However, this convention is not followed in an Old Babylonian 298:. Markham J. Geller notes there is a degree of textual overlap between this corpus and independent 1645: 1470: 1288: 518:
or another similarly named demon, Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman conclude that the word
1519:"From Demons to a Slippery Slope: MLC 1948, a new list of Sumerian terms and their equivalents" 1451:"The Man is Like a Woman, the Maiden is a Young Man: A new edition of Ištar-Louvre (Tab. I-II)" 1608: 1598: 1567: 1538: 1505: 1462: 1435: 1410: 1375: 1348: 1319: 1280: 1253: 1228: 458: 88: 76: 25: 1590: 1559: 1530: 1497: 1427: 1402: 1367: 1340: 1311: 1245: 1220: 508: 336: 130: 100: 456:. While part of the narrative was later translated into Akkadian and incorporated into the 306:
is herself described as a victim of another demon and is placed under the protection of
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The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk
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is described in it as one of the three beings Gilgamesh has to drive away from the
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is also known. Incantations directed against her are attested as early as in the
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tree was not, possibly due to thematically overlapping with the myth of the
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have also been identified in medical incantations. An illness called the "
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Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle
511:. Such figures would generally be destroyed as a part of the ceremony. 361: 330: 212: 1583:"Some Demons of Time and their Functions in Mesopotamian Iconography" 1279:. Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO)/Institut für Orientalistik: 1–23. 574: 503: 497: 453: 432: 312: 307: 221: 155: 44: 1551: 1518: 1450: 1390: 1334: 318: 1621: 1534: 542:, "to erase". In another lexical list its Sumerian equivalent is KA 1582: 477: 441: 392: 353: 357: 55:. References to her are also known from other genres of texts. 1556:
The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World
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Steinert, Ulrike (2018). "The Assur Medical Catalogue (AMC)".
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In the past identification of the figure depicted on the
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was also known under the Sumerian version of her name,
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is given as the Sumerian name of a different demon,
170:While demons were typically less well defined than 103:it additionally came to be connected with Akkadian 586:and encompasses Lamashtu and related figures like 440:. It belonged to the curriculum of Old Babylonian 292:is also mentioned in incantations from the series 1424:Assyrian and Babylonian Scholarly Text Catalogues 582:and KAMAD. The last of them is distinct from the 47:. A text placing her in the entourage of the god 1461:(1). GBPress - Gregorian Biblical Press: 1–38. 1174: 310:. The incantation is instead aimed against the 257:No evidence exists for any association between 1449:Streck, Michael P.; Wasserman, Nathan (2018). 564:Frans Wiggermann argues this likely indicates 1651:Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature 154:. Despite phonetic similarities, the theonym 8: 387:, which has been variously interpreted as a 1626:Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni 1211:Farber, Walter (1989). "(W)ardat-lilî(m)". 1054: 1042: 893: 840: 828: 724: 712: 700: 1194:"Lilû, Lilītu, Ardat-lilî A. Philologisch" 1162: 1150: 1138: 1126: 816: 801: 760: 748: 736: 661: 617: 1529:(1). University of Chicago Press: 51–64. 789: 644: 379:) is known from multiple sources. In the 1066: 1030: 1018: 1006: 777: 43:demons, who were considered subjects of 1114: 1102: 1090: 881: 607: 531: 99:or demons. It is possible that through 994: 982: 970: 958: 946: 934: 922: 905: 852: 688: 676: 629: 1646:Gilgameš, Enkidu and the nether world 7: 864: 134:, while the Sumerian translation of 1078: 224:was referred to as the king of the 202:. It also included figures such as 383:, it is described as the cause of 220:("phantom kisser"). Additionally, 128:corresponds to a different demon, 14: 63:In addition to the standard form 1620:Wiggermann, Frans A. M. (2011). 1523:Journal of Near Eastern Studies 522:, "evening", is meant instead. 462:, the section dealing with the 1490:Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 474:Disputed or disproved examples 216:("male phantom") and possibly 1: 185:stresses that in the case of 1554:. In Steele, John M. (ed.). 1198:Reallexikon der Assyriologie 340:in an incantation targeting 1595:10.1515/9783110204155.1.102 1558:. Brill. pp. 139–229. 1517:Wagensonner, Klaus (2020). 1306:Geller, Markham J. (2015). 1269:"New Duplicates to SBTU II" 1267:Geller, Markham J. (1988). 1175:Streck & Wasserman 2018 426:appears in the composition 1682: 1581:Wiggermann, Frans (2007). 1362:Schmidtchen, Eric (2021). 1273:Archiv für Orientforschung 278:were already known in the 274:Incantations dealing with 1587:Die Welt der Götterbilder 1564:10.1163/9789004315631_008 1432:10.1515/9781501504914-009 1389:Schwemer, Daniel (2020). 1345:10.1163/9789004364943_004 174:in Mesopotamian beliefs, 1240:Gadotti, Alhena (2014). 1200:(in German), vol. 7 418:Under her Sumerian name 206:("phantom bridegroom"), 1502:10.1515/arege-2012-0008 1192:Farber, Walter (1987), 568:was also regarded as a 381:Assur Medical Catalogue 1225:10.1515/za-1989-790205 483: 1550:Wee, John Z. (2016). 1372:10.1515/9783110715286 1316:10.1515/9781614513094 1250:10.1515/9781614515456 481: 399:Other genres of texts 280:Old Babylonian period 53:Old Babylonian period 1407:10.1515/za-2020-0015 1333:Krul, Julia (2018). 210:("female phantom"), 1666:Mesopotamian demons 1165:, pp. 309–310. 1069:, pp. 267–268. 843:, pp. 148–149. 804:, pp. 311–312. 484: 482:The Burney Relief. 373:hand of ardat-lilî 328:appears alongside 158:is not related to 16:Mesopotamian demon 1604:978-3-11-019463-0 1573:978-90-04-31563-1 1441:978-1-5015-0491-4 1381:978-3-11-071528-6 1325:978-1-61451-309-4 1259:978-1-61451-708-5 855:, pp. 14–15. 459:Epic of Gilgamesh 148:kisikil uddakarra 140:kisikil-uddakarra 1673: 1633: 1616: 1577: 1546: 1513: 1484: 1482: 1481: 1445: 1418: 1385: 1358: 1329: 1302: 1300: 1299: 1263: 1236: 1207: 1206: 1205: 1178: 1172: 1166: 1160: 1154: 1148: 1142: 1136: 1130: 1124: 1118: 1112: 1106: 1100: 1094: 1088: 1082: 1076: 1070: 1064: 1058: 1055:Schmidtchen 2021 1052: 1046: 1043:Schmidtchen 2021 1040: 1034: 1028: 1022: 1016: 1010: 1004: 998: 992: 986: 980: 974: 968: 962: 956: 950: 944: 938: 932: 926: 920: 909: 903: 897: 894:Schmidtchen 2021 891: 885: 879: 868: 862: 856: 850: 844: 841:Schmidtchen 2021 838: 832: 829:Schmidtchen 2021 826: 820: 814: 805: 799: 793: 787: 781: 775: 764: 758: 752: 746: 740: 734: 728: 725:Wagensonner 2020 722: 716: 713:Wagensonner 2020 710: 704: 701:Wagensonner 2020 698: 692: 686: 680: 674: 665: 659: 648: 642: 633: 627: 621: 615: 595: 562: 556: 553: 547: 536: 509:Mesopotamian art 452:tree planted by 194:) or "strange" ( 184: 119:kisikillillaenna 101:folk etymologies 1681: 1680: 1676: 1675: 1674: 1672: 1671: 1670: 1656: 1655: 1641: 1636: 1619: 1605: 1580: 1574: 1549: 1516: 1487: 1479: 1477: 1448: 1442: 1421: 1388: 1382: 1361: 1355: 1332: 1326: 1305: 1297: 1295: 1266: 1260: 1239: 1210: 1203: 1201: 1191: 1187: 1182: 1181: 1173: 1169: 1163:Wiggermann 2011 1161: 1157: 1151:Wiggermann 2011 1149: 1145: 1139:Wiggermann 2011 1137: 1133: 1127:Wiggermann 2007 1125: 1121: 1113: 1109: 1101: 1097: 1089: 1085: 1077: 1073: 1065: 1061: 1053: 1049: 1041: 1037: 1029: 1025: 1017: 1013: 1005: 1001: 993: 989: 981: 977: 969: 965: 957: 953: 945: 941: 933: 929: 921: 912: 904: 900: 892: 888: 880: 871: 863: 859: 851: 847: 839: 835: 827: 823: 817:Wiggermann 2011 815: 808: 802:Wiggermann 2011 800: 796: 788: 784: 776: 767: 761:Wiggermann 2011 759: 755: 749:Wiggermann 2011 747: 743: 737:Wiggermann 2007 735: 731: 723: 719: 711: 707: 699: 695: 691:, pp. 7–8. 687: 683: 675: 668: 662:Wiggermann 2011 660: 651: 643: 636: 628: 624: 618:Wiggermann 2011 616: 609: 604: 599: 598: 563: 559: 554: 550: 537: 533: 528: 476: 442:scribal schools 401: 272: 267: 178: 176:Daniel Schwemer 168: 94: 61: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1679: 1677: 1669: 1668: 1658: 1657: 1654: 1653: 1640: 1639:External links 1637: 1635: 1634: 1617: 1603: 1578: 1572: 1547: 1535:10.1086/707860 1514: 1485: 1446: 1440: 1426:. 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Index

Sumerian
Mesopotamian
Pazuzu
Erra
Old Babylonian period
Old Babylonian
Akkadian
loanword
Sumerian
ghosts
folk etymologies
incantations
lilītu
lexical list
Kilili
deities
Daniel Schwemer
de
lilû
Pazuzu
succubus
Old Babylonian period
Erra
Udug Hul
Ishtar
utukku
alû
lilû
lilītu
temple

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