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The word for demon (1)

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Composite beings
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05.05 Composite beings
Mesopotamian loanwords in Aramaic
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11.01 Imperial languages
11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features
11.01.05.05 Mesopotamian loanwords
11.01.05.05.01 Mesopotamian loanwords in Aramaic

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Aramaic language
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The Akkadian word for the protective spirit, šēdu, is borrowed into Aramaic as šīdā, and is a word for demon.

Bibliography

Stol, M. Epilepsy in Babylonia. Cuneiform Monographs 2. Groningen: Styx Publications 1993.

Amar Annus

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