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Names: Sibbing-Plantholt, Irene, author.
Title: The image of Mesopotamian divine healers : healing goddesses and the legitimization of professional asûs in the Mesopotamian medical marketplace / by Irene Sibbing-Plantholt.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Cuneiform monographs, 0929-0052 ; volume 53 | Based on author's doctoral dissertation at Unviersity of Pennsylvania in 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021062613 (print) | LCCN 2021062614 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004512405 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004512412 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Gula (Assyro-Babylonian deity)–Cult. | Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian. | Healing–Iraq–History. | Healers–Iraq–History. | Healing gods. | Goddesses, Assyro-Babylonian. | Goddesses in literature. | Assyro-Babylonian cults. | Healers in literature. | Healing in literature.
Classification: LCC R135.3 .S53 2022 (print) | LCC R135.3 (ebook) | DDC 610.9567–dc23/eng/20220121
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