Divine/Demonic Seven and the Place of Demons in Mesopotamia

Gina Konstantopoulos, Ph.D. (2015), University of Michigan, is an Assistant Professor in Assyriology and Cuneiform Studies at the University of California Los Angeles. She has published on magic, religion, and literature in Mesopotamia.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsList of AppendicesFrequently Cited Texts and Their EditionsIntroductionTerminology and Defining the DemonicPrevious Studies and Writing the SebettuSeven as a Number of SignificanceOverview of the Book1 The Variable Nature of Demons1 The Mostly Malevolent Udug2 The Ambiguous Alad3 The Benevolent Lamma2 Early Foundations of Literary Evidence and Cultic Use1 Third Millennium References2 The Sumerian Narrative of Gilgameš and Huwawa3 Lugalbanda in the Wilderness: The Torches of Inana4 The Malevolent Sebettu in Old Babylonian Incantations5 The Hymn to Hendursaĝa6 Literary Tropes and the Subservience of Demons7 Second Millennium Cultic Evidence3 The Escalated Use of the Sebettu in the First Millennium1 First Millennium Literary Texts2 Expansionist Politics: The Initial Stages of the Assyrian Empire3 Initial Decline4 Returning to Strength5 The Last Great Kings of Assyria6 Ritual and Cultic Connections4 The Sebettu in Incantations and Household Use1 The Sebettu in Incantations2 The Sebettu and the Udug Hul Incantation Series3 Malevolence and Benevolence: A Survey of the Incantations as a Whole5 Iconography and the Pleiades1 The Behavior of the Pleiades2 Astral Imagery and the Pleiades3 Iconography and Representations of the Sebettu4 Seals and the PleiadesConclusion: Concerning DemonsAppendix A: Comparative Epithets of the SebettuAppendix B: Birds, Deities, and Cries in the Birdcall TextAppendix C: Textual Attestations to the SebettuAppendix D: Star MapsAppendix E: Catalogue of Cylinder SealsWorks CitedIndex