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Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic
Studies in Honor of Markham J. Geller
Series: - Ancient Magic and Divination, Volume: 14
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.
âThis is a broad survey of many aspects of Babylonian culture, and reflects the intellectual climate of the world encountered by the exiles.â
-Nick Wyatt, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)
âThis is a broad survey of many aspects of Babylonian culture, and reflects the intellectual climate of the world encountered by the exiles.â
-Nick Wyatt, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)
Strahil V. Panayotov, Ph.D. (2014) University of Sofia, is a postdoc in BabMed, the ERC advanced project at the Freie Universität Berlin. He has published and edited monographs and articles on various Assyriological topics, and is currently preparing with M.J. Geller a critical edition of the Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts. The Nineveh Treatise (Die Babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen 10).
LudÄk VacÃn, Ph.D. (2011), SOAS London, spent two years at the MPIWG, then assisted M.J. Geller in the publication of the Udug-hul incantation series at the Freie Universität Berlin. Now he works at the University of Hradec Králové, Czechia. His main interests are Sumerian literature, royal ideology, and intellectual culture. He has published articles on those topics and edited the Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Blahoslav HruÅ¡ka (Islet, 2011).
LudÄk VacÃn, Ph.D. (2011), SOAS London, spent two years at the MPIWG, then assisted M.J. Geller in the publication of the Udug-hul incantation series at the Freie Universität Berlin. Now he works at the University of Hradec Králové, Czechia. His main interests are Sumerian literature, royal ideology, and intellectual culture. He has published articles on those topics and edited the Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Blahoslav HruÅ¡ka (Islet, 2011).
âThis is a broad survey of many aspects of Babylonian culture, and reflects the intellectual climate of the world encountered by the exiles.â
- Nick Wyatt, in Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2019
- Nick Wyatt, in Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2019
Preface Markham J. Geller: An Appreciation âIrving L. Finkel Bibliography of Markham J. Geller âStrahil V. Panayotov and LudÄk VacÃn
1 Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation âTzvi Abusch
2 Sons of Seth and the South Wind âAmar Annus
3 An Old Babylonian Oil Omen Tablet from the British Museum âNetanel Anor
4 Disease and Healing in the Book of Tobit and in Mesopotamian Medicine âAnnie Attia
5 A Transtextual View on the âUnderworld Vision of an Assyrian Princeâ âJohannes Bach
6 The 34th Extract of the UGU Series from Babylon: An Edition of the Tablet BM 35512 âAndrás Bácskay
7 Budgeâs Syriac Book of Medicines after One Hundred Years: Problems and Prospects âSiam Bhayro and Stefanie M. Rudolf
8 An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BMÂ 29663) âYoram Cohen
9 Putting Theory into Practice: Kiá¹£ir-AÅ¡Å¡urâs Expertise between Textual Knowledge and Practical Experimentation âM. Erica Couto-Ferreira
10 A Brief Look Eastward âSona Choukassizian Eypper
11 Two Old Babylonian Incantation Tablets, Purportedly from Adab (AÂ 633 and AÂ 704) âWalter Farber
12 Of tirku, Moles and Other Spots on the Skin According to the Physiognomic Omens âJeanette C. Fincke
13 Amulets against Fever âIrving L. Finkel
14 A Tale of Two Lands and Two Thousand Years: The Origins of Pazuzu âEckart Frahm
15 Hermeneutics and Magic in the Commentary to Mardukâs Address to the Demons âUri Gabbay
16 A New Medical Therapeutic Text on Rectal Disease âNils P. HeeÃel
17 Mesopotamian Magic in Text and Performance âSam Mirelman
18 Divine Privilege of the Rich and Powerful? Seeking Healing of Illness by Presenting a Luxurious Gift âTakayoshi M. Oshima and Greta Van Buylaere
19 BMÂ 32339+32407+32645: New Evidence for Late Babylonian Astrology âMathieu Ossendrijver
20 Thunders, Haloes, and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination âLucia Raggetti
21 At the Dawn of Plant Taxonomy: Shared Structural Design of Herbal Descriptions in Å ammu Å¡ikinÅ¡u and Theophrastusâ Historia plantarum IX âMaddalena Rumor
22 Simplicia and Unpublished Fragments of Alamdimmû from the British Museum âEric Schmidtchen
23 Spiegel des Himmels: Synchronisation von Himmel und Erde in der babylonischen Leberschau, Iatromathematik und dem 20-Felder-Spiel âMarvin Schreiber
24 Elpetu-Rush, Inanna and the Flood: A Tale of Human Ingratitude âJoAnn Scurlock
25 BAM 7 44: Suppositories for Rectal and Gastro-Intestinal Diseases âKrisztián Simkó
26 A Time to Extract and a Time to Compile: The Therapeutic Compendium Tablet BM 78963 âHenry Stadhouders and J. Cale Johnson
27 From Awe to Audacity. Stratagems for Approaching Authorities Successfully: The Istanbul Egalkura Tablet A 373 âHenry Stadhouders and Strahil V. Panayotov
28 BMÂ 92518 and Old Babylonian Incantations for the âBellyâ âUlrike Steinert and LudÄk VacÃn
29 Teeth and Toothache âMarten Stol
30 Die Fliege und der Tod: Beschwörungen gegen Tiere âMarie-Louise Thomsen
31 Ninmaḫ and Her Imperfect Creatures: The Bed Wetting Man and Remedies to Cure Enuresis (STT 238) âLorenzo Verderame
32 âIf His Chin Is Constantly Slackâ¦â: A New Text on the Verge between Physiognomic and Diagnostic Omens âKlaus Wagensonner
33 Five Birds, Twelve Rooms, and the Seleucid Game of Twenty Squares âJohn Z. Wee
34 BM 33055: A Late Babylonian Clay Tablet with Figures and Captions âFrans A.M. Wiggermann
Index of Divine Names Index of Personal Names Index of Geographical Names Index of Texts
1 Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation âTzvi Abusch
2 Sons of Seth and the South Wind âAmar Annus
3 An Old Babylonian Oil Omen Tablet from the British Museum âNetanel Anor
4 Disease and Healing in the Book of Tobit and in Mesopotamian Medicine âAnnie Attia
5 A Transtextual View on the âUnderworld Vision of an Assyrian Princeâ âJohannes Bach
6 The 34th Extract of the UGU Series from Babylon: An Edition of the Tablet BM 35512 âAndrás Bácskay
7 Budgeâs Syriac Book of Medicines after One Hundred Years: Problems and Prospects âSiam Bhayro and Stefanie M. Rudolf
8 An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BMÂ 29663) âYoram Cohen
9 Putting Theory into Practice: Kiá¹£ir-AÅ¡Å¡urâs Expertise between Textual Knowledge and Practical Experimentation âM. Erica Couto-Ferreira
10 A Brief Look Eastward âSona Choukassizian Eypper
11 Two Old Babylonian Incantation Tablets, Purportedly from Adab (AÂ 633 and AÂ 704) âWalter Farber
12 Of tirku, Moles and Other Spots on the Skin According to the Physiognomic Omens âJeanette C. Fincke
13 Amulets against Fever âIrving L. Finkel
14 A Tale of Two Lands and Two Thousand Years: The Origins of Pazuzu âEckart Frahm
15 Hermeneutics and Magic in the Commentary to Mardukâs Address to the Demons âUri Gabbay
16 A New Medical Therapeutic Text on Rectal Disease âNils P. HeeÃel
17 Mesopotamian Magic in Text and Performance âSam Mirelman
18 Divine Privilege of the Rich and Powerful? Seeking Healing of Illness by Presenting a Luxurious Gift âTakayoshi M. Oshima and Greta Van Buylaere
19 BMÂ 32339+32407+32645: New Evidence for Late Babylonian Astrology âMathieu Ossendrijver
20 Thunders, Haloes, and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination âLucia Raggetti
21 At the Dawn of Plant Taxonomy: Shared Structural Design of Herbal Descriptions in Å ammu Å¡ikinÅ¡u and Theophrastusâ Historia plantarum IX âMaddalena Rumor
22 Simplicia and Unpublished Fragments of Alamdimmû from the British Museum âEric Schmidtchen
23 Spiegel des Himmels: Synchronisation von Himmel und Erde in der babylonischen Leberschau, Iatromathematik und dem 20-Felder-Spiel âMarvin Schreiber
24 Elpetu-Rush, Inanna and the Flood: A Tale of Human Ingratitude âJoAnn Scurlock
25 BAM 7 44: Suppositories for Rectal and Gastro-Intestinal Diseases âKrisztián Simkó
26 A Time to Extract and a Time to Compile: The Therapeutic Compendium Tablet BM 78963 âHenry Stadhouders and J. Cale Johnson
27 From Awe to Audacity. Stratagems for Approaching Authorities Successfully: The Istanbul Egalkura Tablet A 373 âHenry Stadhouders and Strahil V. Panayotov
28 BMÂ 92518 and Old Babylonian Incantations for the âBellyâ âUlrike Steinert and LudÄk VacÃn
29 Teeth and Toothache âMarten Stol
30 Die Fliege und der Tod: Beschwörungen gegen Tiere âMarie-Louise Thomsen
31 Ninmaḫ and Her Imperfect Creatures: The Bed Wetting Man and Remedies to Cure Enuresis (STT 238) âLorenzo Verderame
32 âIf His Chin Is Constantly Slackâ¦â: A New Text on the Verge between Physiognomic and Diagnostic Omens âKlaus Wagensonner
33 Five Birds, Twelve Rooms, and the Seleucid Game of Twenty Squares âJohn Z. Wee
34 BM 33055: A Late Babylonian Clay Tablet with Figures and Captions âFrans A.M. Wiggermann
Index of Divine Names Index of Personal Names Index of Geographical Names Index of Texts
All interested in Mesopotamian medical and magical knowledge and practice, and anyone concerned with Cuneiform Studies, as well as with the History of Ancient Medicine and Science.