Divination and interpretation of signs in the ancient world / edited by Amar Annus ; with contributions by Amar Annus ... [et al.].
Annus, Amar.
2010
BF1777 .D58 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Divination and interpretation of signs in the ancient world / edited by Amar Annus ; with contributions by Amar Annus ... [et al.].
ISBN 9781885923684 (pbk.)
1885923686 (pbk.)
Publication Details Chicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2010.
Language English
Description viii, 351 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Call Number BF1777 .D58 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 133.3/34
Note "Revised versions of the papers read at the fifth annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar Science and Superstition : Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World, which took place at March 6-7, 2009. The printed volume has a slightly different title, and it includes two papers from scholars who were invited to the seminar, but could not come ..."--Pref., p. vii.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author Annus, Amar.
Series University of Chicago Oriental Institute seminars ; no. 6.
Includes Science and superstition.
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