Mesopotamian medicine and magic : : studies in honor of Markham J. Geller / / edited by Strahil V. Panayotov, Ludek Vacin ; with the assistance of Gene Trabich.

• TeilnehmendeR: Geller, Markham J.,; Panayotov, Strahil V.,; Vacín, Luděk,; Trabich, Gene,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Ancient Magic and Divination 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 936 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page --; Preface --; Markham J. Geller: An Appreciation --; Bibliography of Markham J. Geller --; Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation /; Sons of Seth and the South Wind /; An Old Babylonian Oil Omen Tablet from the British Museum /; Disease and Healing in the Book of Tobit and in Mesopotamian Medicine /; A Transtextual View on the “Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince” /; The 34th Extract of the UGU Series from Babylon: An Edition of the Tablet BM 35512 /; Budge’s Syriac Book of Medicines after One Hundred Years: Problems and Prospects /; An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BM 29663) /; Putting Theory into Practice: Kiṣir-Aššur’s Expertise between Textual Knowledge and Practical Experimentation /; A Brief Look Eastward /; Two Old Babylonian Incantation Tablets, Purportedly from Adab (A 633 and A 704) /; Of tirku, Moles and Other Spots on the Skin according to the Physiognomic Omens /; Amulets against Fever /; A Tale of Two Lands and Two Thousand Years: The Origins of Pazuzu /; Hermeneutics and Magic in the Commentary to Marduk’s Address to the Demons /; A New Medical Therapeutic Text on Rectal Disease /; Mesopotamian Magic in Text and Performance /; Divine Privilege of the Rich and Powerful? Seeking Healing of Illness by Presenting a Luxurious Gift /; BM 32339+32407+32645: New Evidence for Late Babylonian Astrology /; Thunders, Haloes, and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination /; At the Dawn of Plant Taxonomy: Shared Structural Design of Herbal Descriptions in Šammu šikinšu and Theophrastus’ Historia plantarum IX /; Simplicia and Unpublished Fragments of Alamdimmû from the British Museum /; Spiegel des Himmels: Synchronisation von Himmel und Erde in der babylonischen Leberschau, Iatromathematik und dem 20-Felder-Spiel /; Elpetu-Rush, Inanna and the Flood: A Tale of Human Ingratitude /; BAM 7 44: Suppositories for Rectal and Gastro-Intestinal Diseases /; A Time to Extract and a Time to Compile: The Therapeutic Compendium Tablet BM 78963 /; From Awe to Audacity. Stratagems for Approaching Authorities Successfully: The Istanbul Egalkura Tablet A 373 /; BM 92518 and Old Babylonian Incantations for the “Belly” /; Teeth and Toothache /; Die Fliege und der Tod: Beschwörungen gegen Tiere /; Ninmaḫ and Her Imperfect Creatures: The Bed Wetting Man and Remedies to Cure Enuresis (STT 238) /; “If His Chin Is Constantly Slack…”: A New Text on the Verge between Physiognomic and Diagnostic Omens /; Five Birds, Twelve Rooms, and the Seleucid Game of Twenty Squares /; BM 33055: A Late Babylonian Clay Tablet with Figures and Captions /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004368086
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Strahil V. Panayotov, Ludek Vacin ; with the assistance of Gene Trabich.

Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic. Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller is a thematically focused collection of 34 brand-new essays bringing to light a representative selection of the rich and varied scientific and technical knowledge produced chiefly by the cuneiform cultures. The contributions concentrate mainly on Mesopotamian scholarly descriptions and practices of diagnosing and healing diverse physical ailments and mental distress. The festschrift contains both critical editions of new texts as well as analytical studies dealing with various issues of Mesopotamian medical and magical lore. Currently, this is the largest edited volume devoted to this topic, significantly contributing to the History of Ancient Sciences.