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Book Title: Lamastu: An Edition Of The Canonical Series Of Lamashtu Inca...
Item Length: 11in
Item Height: 0.2in
Item Width: 8.5in
Author: Walter Farber
Publication Name: Lamastu : An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lamastu Incantations and Rituals and Related Texts from the Second and First Millennia B. C
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Pennsylvania STATE University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Series: Mesopotamian Civilizations Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 56.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 488 Pages
