Mesopotamian medicine and magic : : studies in honor of Markham J. Geller / / 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 con...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ancient Magic and Divination
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 936 pages). |
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| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Front Matter -- |t Copyright Page -- |t Preface -- |t Markham J. Geller: An Appreciation -- |t Bibliography of Markham J. Geller -- |t Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation / |r Tzvi Abusch -- |t Sons of Seth and the South Wind / |r Amar Annus -- |t An Old Babylonian Oil Omen Tablet from the British Museum / |r Netanel Anor -- |t Disease and Healing in the Book of Tobit and in Mesopotamian Medicine / |r Annie Attia -- |t A Transtextual View on the “Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince” / |r Johannes Bach -- |t The 34th Extract of the UGU Series from Babylon: An Edition of the Tablet BM 35512 / |r András Bácskay -- |t Budge’s Syriac Book of Medicines after One Hundred Years: Problems and Prospects / |r Siam Bhayro and Stefanie M. Rudolf -- |t An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BM 29663) / |r Yoram Cohen -- |t Putting Theory into Practice: Kiṣir-Aššur’s Expertise between Textual Knowledge and Practical Experimentation / |r M. Erica Couto-Ferreira -- |t A Brief Look Eastward / |r Sona Choukassizian Eypper -- |t Two Old Babylonian Incantation Tablets, Purportedly from Adab (A 633 and A 704) / |r Walter Farber -- |t Of tirku, Moles and Other Spots on the Skin according to the Physiognomic Omens / |r Jeanette C. Fincke -- |t Amulets against Fever / |r Irving L. Finkel -- |t A Tale of Two Lands and Two Thousand Years: The Origins of Pazuzu / |r Eckart Frahm -- |t Hermeneutics and Magic in the Commentary to Marduk’s Address to the Demons / |r Uri Gabbay -- |t A New Medical Therapeutic Text on Rectal Disease / |r Nils P. Heeßel -- |t Mesopotamian Magic in Text and Performance / |r Sam Mirelman -- |t Divine Privilege of the Rich and Powerful? Seeking Healing of Illness by Presenting a Luxurious Gift / |r Takayoshi M. Oshima and Greta Van Buylaere -- |t BM 32339+32407+32645: New Evidence for Late Babylonian Astrology / |r Mathieu Ossendrijver -- |t Thunders, Haloes, and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination / |r Lucia Raggetti -- |t At the Dawn of Plant Taxonomy: Shared Structural Design of Herbal Descriptions in Šammu šikinšu and Theophrastus’ Historia plantarum IX / |r Maddalena Rumor -- |t Simplicia and Unpublished Fragments of Alamdimmû from the British Museum / |r Eric Schmidtchen -- |t Spiegel des Himmels: Synchronisation von Himmel und Erde in der babylonischen Leberschau, Iatromathematik und dem 20-Felder-Spiel / |r Marvin Schreiber -- |t Elpetu-Rush, Inanna and the Flood: A Tale of Human Ingratitude / |r JoAnn Scurlock -- |t BAM 7 44: Suppositories for Rectal and Gastro-Intestinal Diseases / |r Krisztián Simkó -- |t A Time to Extract and a Time to Compile: The Therapeutic Compendium Tablet BM 78963 / |r Henry Stadhouders and J. Cale Johnson -- |t From Awe to Audacity. Stratagems for Approaching Authorities Successfully: The Istanbul Egalkura Tablet A 373 / |r Henry Stadhouders and Strahil V. Panayotov -- |t BM 92518 and Old Babylonian Incantations for the “Belly” / |r Ulrike Steinert and Luděk Vacín -- |t Teeth and Toothache / |r Marten Stol -- |t Die Fliege und der Tod: Beschwörungen gegen Tiere / |r Marie-Louise Thomsen -- |t Ninmaḫ and Her Imperfect Creatures: The Bed Wetting Man and Remedies to Cure Enuresis (STT 238) / |r Lorenzo Verderame -- |t “If His Chin Is Constantly Slack…”: A New Text on the Verge between Physiognomic and Diagnostic Omens / |r Klaus Wagensonner -- |t Five Birds, Twelve Rooms, and the Seleucid Game of Twenty Squares / |r John Z. Wee -- |t BM 33055: A Late Babylonian Clay Tablet with Figures and Captions / |r Frans A.M. Wiggermann. |
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