“Che il mio pene sia teso come un arco!”. Amore e sesso nei rituali ed esorcismi dell’antica Mesopotamia

Love charms and potency incantations are an important part of the exorcistic and therapeutic literary tradition in ancient Mesopotamia. These texts share a series of symbols, metaphors, and motifs with myths and other literature (i.e. love-lyrics), showing, not only a common referential repertoire, but also elements of intra/metatextuality. Furthermore, they offer an important insight of the society and context in which they were composed.