Religion
Talismans
Translated by H. F. Talbot (Records of the Past, 1870s; repr. 1901) · From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature (1901)
Religion
Right and left of the threshold of the door, spread out holy texts and sentences.
Place on the statues texts bound around them.
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Anonymous Babylonian Poets. “Talismans.” Translated by H. F. Talbot. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-babylonian/14/.
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Anonymous Babylonian Poets. “Talismans.” Translated by H. F. Talbot. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-babylonian/14/.
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