Die Ehe in Ägypten zur Ptolemäisch-Römischen Zeit nach den Griechischen Heiratskontrakten und Verwandte Urkunden & Becherwahrsagung bei den Babyloniern nach zwei Keilschrifttexten aus der Hammurabi-Zeit (2 WORKS BOUND IN ONE)

NP, n/d. Hardcover. vg. 1) Nietzold, Johannes. Die Ehe in Ägypten zur Ptolemäisch-Römischen Zeit nach den Griechischen Heiratskontrakten und Verwandte Urkunden. Leipzig. 1903. Veit & Comp. First edition. vi,108pp. Fascinating work on the laws and customs of marriage in the Ptolemaic-Roman period in Egypt. 2) Hunger, Johannes. Becherwahrsagung bei den Babyloniern nach zwei Keilschrifttexten aus der Hammurabi-Zeit. Leipzig. 1903. J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. 1. Band, Heft 1 of the series "Leipziger semitistische Studien." 80pp. Hydromancy or Lecanomancy was a common form of divination in ancient Babylonia. In this form of divination, various liquids or objects were placed or poured into water; the configurations or patterns that appeared were thought to be a source of knowledge and insight of the future. Ex-library. 8vo. Bound in modern black cloth. Small library stamp on inside of front board and on verso of title-page. Minor age wear and scuffing on binding. Page 11/12 in first volume creased with closed tear, no loss of text. Text in German. Tight copy in overall very good condition. Scarce. (Inventory #: 22915)