The British Museum's own production page for "Mesopotamian ghostbusting with Irving Finkel," presented by the Museum's own Assyriologist Irving Finkel, published on britishmuseum.org and mirrored on Aeon Videos, which credits the British Museum as producer and dates the mirror to 23 October 2023. The Museum's own synopsis states the video explores "the complex web of unseen deities, sprites and ghosts that ancient Mesopotamians believed could affect their lives," including the belief that each person received a protective personal deity at birth, one that could not always be relied upon.
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PublisherBritish Museum
URLhttps://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/death-and-memory/mesopotamian-ghostbusting-irving-finkel
Source Typeinstitutional record
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Reliability Tier1
A national museum's own production, presented by its own curatorial specialist in ancient Mesopotamian belief, published on the Museum's own website and independently mirrored with matching credit on Aeon Videos. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Mesopotamians directly: "sprites and ghosts that ancient Mesopotamians believed could affect their lives," including the belief that each person received a protective personal deity at birth, one that could not always be..."
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- Screen Works, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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