The Family God in Old Babylonian and Especially in Old Assyrian Sources

Abstract

We offer a new analysis here of Mari 5, one of the six Hurrian-language tablets discovered in the palace of Mari. According to our research, this text contains a ritual to cure a toothache. In the process of translating the ritual we posit several new readings of Hurrian words. This ritual is distinct from the better known “Worm and the Toothache” from Mesopotamia. We instead discuss several structural characteristics of the text that link it to the manna lušpur incantations, which were so-called Mesopotamian folk remedies for medical ailments. This would situate Mari 5 within the broader Mesopotamian cultural sphere.

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