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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.
"This is a broad survey of many aspects of Babylonian culture, and reflects the intellectual climate of the world encountered by the exiles."
-Nick Wyatt, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)
Contents
Preface
Markham J. Geller: An Appreciation
Irving L. Finkel
Bibliography of Markham J. Geller
Strahil V. Panayotov and Luděk Vacín
1 Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation
Tzvi Abusch
2 Sons of Seth and the South Wind
Amar Annus
3 An Old Babylonian Oil Omen Tablet from the British Museum
Netanel Anor
4 Disease and Healing in the Book of Tobit and in Mesopotamian Medicine
Annie Attia
5 A Transtextual View on the "Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince"
Johannes Bach
6 The 34th Extract of the UGU Series from Babylon: An Edition of the Tablet BM 35512
András Bácskay
7 Budge's Syriac Book of Medicines after One Hundred Years: Problems and Prospects
Siam Bhayro and Stefanie M. Rudolf
8 An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BM 29663)
Yoram Cohen
9 Putting Theory into Practice: Kiṣir-Aššur's Expertise between Textual Knowledge and Practical Experimentation
M. Erica Couto-Ferreira
10 A Brief Look Eastward
Sona Choukassizian Eypper
11 Two Old Babylonian Incantation Tablets, Purportedly from Adab (A 633 and A 704)
Walter Farber
12 Of tirku, Moles and Other Spots on the Skin According to the Physiognomic Omens
Jeanette C. Fincke
13 Amulets against Fever
Irving L. Finkel
14 A Tale of Two Lands and Two Thousand Years: The Origins of Pazuzu
Eckart Frahm
15 Hermeneutics and Magic in the Commentary to Marduk's Address to the Demons
Uri Gabbay
16 A New Medical Therapeutic Text on Rectal Disease
Nils P. Heeßel
17 Mesopotamian Magic in Text and Performance
Sam Mirelman
18 Divine Privilege of the Rich and Powerful? Seeking Healing of Illness by Presenting a Luxurious Gift
Takayoshi M. Oshima and Greta Van Buylaere
19 BM 32339+32407+32645: New Evidence for Late Babylonian Astrology
Mathieu Ossendrijver
20 Thunders, Haloes, and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination
Lucia Raggetti
21 At the Dawn of Plant Taxonomy: Shared Structural Design of Herbal Descriptions in Šammu šikinšu and Theophrastus' Historia plantarum IX
Maddalena Rumor
22 Simplicia and Unpublished Fragments of Alamdimmû from the British Museum
Eric Schmidtchen
23 Spiegel des Himmels: Synchronisation von Himmel und Erde in der babylonischen Leberschau, Iatromathematik und dem 20-Felder-Spiel
Marvin Schreiber
24 Elpetu-Rush, Inanna and the Flood: A Tale of Human Ingratitude
JoAnn Scurlock
25 BAM 7 44: Suppositories for Rectal and Gastro-Intestinal Diseases
Krisztián Simkó
26 A Time to Extract and a Time to Compile: The Therapeutic Compendium Tablet BM 78963
Henry Stadhouders and J. Cale Johnson
27 From Awe to Audacity. Stratagems for Approaching Authorities Successfully: The Istanbul Egalkura Tablet A 373
Henry Stadhouders and Strahil V. Panayotov
28 BM 92518 and Old Babylonian Incantations for the "Belly"
Ulrike Steinert and Luděk Vacín
29 Teeth and Toothache
Marten Stol
30 Die Fliege und der Tod: Beschwörungen gegen Tiere
Marie-Louise Thomsen
31 Ninmaḫ and Her Imperfect Creatures: The Bed Wetting Man and Remedies to Cure Enuresis (STT 238)
Lorenzo Verderame
32 "If His Chin Is Constantly Slack...": A New Text on the Verge between Physiognomic and Diagnostic Omens
Klaus Wagensonner
33 Five Birds, Twelve Rooms, and the Seleucid Game of Twenty Squares
John Z. Wee
34 BM 33055: A Late Babylonian Clay Tablet with Figures and Captions
Frans A.M. Wiggermann
Index of Divine Names
Index of Personal Names
Index of Geographical Names
Index of Texts
