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The volume collects the papers presented during the International conference “Sensing the Past. Detecting the Use of the Five Senses in Ancient Contexts”, held in Rome on June 4th 2018. Our attempt was to verify if, based on the presentation of specific case studies, through which it might be possible to identify some element – limited in time and spaces for thus possibly more reliable – of a “conscience of the perceptions” in the ancient Near East.

In this article I present an edition of a Neo-Assyrian tablet from Sultantepe two recipes to cure a man who wets his bed. The first recipe comprises a ritual, the second only a potion; both are followed by an invocation to the goddess Ninmah. Through the analysis of parallel texts (BAM 115; STT 239 and VAT 13682), I discuss the diagnostic (), and the two recipes, focusing on the ritual.

La présente contribution propose un survol des différentes occurrences de l’Arc-en-ciel dans la documentation cunéiforme. Deux thématiques principales sont envisagées en fonction des attestations. D’une part, l’arc-en-ciel fait l’objet d’une attention particulière en tant que phénomène atmosphérique à interpréter sur le plan divinatoire : dans les listes de présages du recueil astronomique Enūma Anu Enlil (Ier millénaire av. J.-C.), une seule couleur saillante lui est associée, tandis que sa forme reste la clé d’interprétation prédominante.

Il volume introduce il lettore (studenti universitari, persone interessate) alla storia, sviluppo e tradizione culturale del popolo dei Sumeri.