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Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets contains texts from ninety-nine clay tablets, and fragments of the Kouyunjik and other collections. The texts are magical, some being written in the Babylonian character and others in Assyrian. They may be divided into the following groups: (1) Texts belonging to the Series Ašakku Marṣūtu, i.e., "The Fever Sickness," and Tīṭi, i.e., "Headaches." ... (2) Miscellaneous incantation texts, of a similar character, some of which supply the spells that were to be recited over small figures of clay and dough, with the object of driving out certain diseases caused by evil spirits. Others provide exorcisms for averting the Evil Eye, the laying of spirits under a ban, and for doing away the evil effects of ceremonial uncleanness ... (3) Tablets inscribed with descriptions of a number of Gods and Mythological Monsters. (4) A number of additional fragments belonging to the Series Utukki Limnūti, of which the greater portion has been published in Part XVI. of this publication