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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2018017629
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International Standard Book Number 9789004368088
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789004368064
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Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004368088
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Classification number R135.3
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Subject category code HRLM
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Subject category code REL
Subject category code subdivision 077000
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Classification number 610.938
Edition information 23
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Mesopotamian medicine and magic :
Remainder of title studies in honor of Markham J. Geller /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by Strahil V. Panayotov, Ludek Vacin ; with the assistance of Gene Trabich.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2018.
300 ## - online resource
Extent 1 online resource.
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Ancient magic and divination ;
Volume/sequential designation volume 14
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390805
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Front Matter --
-- Copyright Page --
-- Preface --
-- Markham J. Geller: An Appreciation --
-- Bibliography of Markham J. Geller --
-- Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation /
Statement of responsibility Tzvi Abusch --
Title Sons of Seth and the South Wind /
Statement of responsibility Amar Annus --
Title An Old Babylonian Oil Omen Tablet from the British Museum /
Statement of responsibility Netanel Anor --
Title Disease and Healing in the Book of Tobit and in Mesopotamian Medicine /
Statement of responsibility Annie Attia --
Title A Transtextual View on the “Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince” /
Statement of responsibility Johannes Bach --
Title The 34th Extract of the UGU Series from Babylon: An Edition of the Tablet BM 35512 /
Statement of responsibility András Bácskay --
Title Budge’s Syriac Book of Medicines after One Hundred Years: Problems and Prospects /
Statement of responsibility Siam Bhayro and Stefanie M. Rudolf --
Title An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BM 29663) /
Statement of responsibility Yoram Cohen --
Title Putting Theory into Practice: Kiṣir-Aššur’s Expertise between Textual Knowledge and Practical Experimentation /
Statement of responsibility M. Erica Couto-Ferreira --
Title A Brief Look Eastward /
Statement of responsibility Sona Choukassizian Eypper --
Title Two Old Babylonian Incantation Tablets, Purportedly from Adab (A 633 and A 704) /
Statement of responsibility Walter Farber --
Title Of tirku, Moles and Other Spots on the Skin according to the Physiognomic Omens /
Statement of responsibility Jeanette C. Fincke --
Title Amulets against Fever /
Statement of responsibility Irving L. Finkel --
Title A Tale of Two Lands and Two Thousand Years: The Origins of Pazuzu /
Statement of responsibility Eckart Frahm --
Title Hermeneutics and Magic in the Commentary to Marduk’s Address to the Demons /
Statement of responsibility Uri Gabbay --
Title A New Medical Therapeutic Text on Rectal Disease /
Statement of responsibility Nils P. Heeßel --
Title Mesopotamian Magic in Text and Performance /
Statement of responsibility Sam Mirelman --
Title Divine Privilege of the Rich and Powerful? Seeking Healing of Illness by Presenting a Luxurious Gift /
Statement of responsibility Takayoshi M. Oshima and Greta Van Buylaere --
Title BM 32339+32407+32645: New Evidence for Late Babylonian Astrology /
Statement of responsibility Mathieu Ossendrijver --
Title Thunders, Haloes, and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination /
Statement of responsibility Lucia Raggetti --
Title At the Dawn of Plant Taxonomy: Shared Structural Design of Herbal Descriptions in Šammu šikinšu and Theophrastus’ Historia plantarum IX /
Statement of responsibility Maddalena Rumor --
Title Simplicia and Unpublished Fragments of Alamdimmû from the British Museum /
Statement of responsibility Eric Schmidtchen --
Title Spiegel des Himmels: Synchronisation von Himmel und Erde in der babylonischen Leberschau, Iatromathematik und dem 20-Felder-Spiel /
Statement of responsibility Marvin Schreiber --
Title Elpetu-Rush, Inanna and the Flood: A Tale of Human Ingratitude /
Statement of responsibility JoAnn Scurlock --
Title BAM 7 44: Suppositories for Rectal and Gastro-Intestinal Diseases /
Statement of responsibility Krisztián Simkó --
Title A Time to Extract and a Time to Compile: The Therapeutic Compendium Tablet BM 78963 /
Statement of responsibility Henry Stadhouders and J. Cale Johnson --
Title From Awe to Audacity. Stratagems for Approaching Authorities Successfully: The Istanbul Egalkura Tablet A 373 /
Statement of responsibility Henry Stadhouders and Strahil V. Panayotov --
Title BM 92518 and Old Babylonian Incantations for the “Belly” /
Statement of responsibility Ulrike Steinert and Luděk Vacín --
Title Teeth and Toothache /
Statement of responsibility Marten Stol --
Title Die Fliege und der Tod: Beschwörungen gegen Tiere /
Statement of responsibility Marie-Louise Thomsen --
Title Ninmaḫ and Her Imperfect Creatures: The Bed Wetting Man and Remedies to Cure Enuresis (STT 238) /
Statement of responsibility Lorenzo Verderame --
Title “If His Chin Is Constantly Slack…”: A New Text on the Verge between Physiognomic and Diagnostic Omens /
Statement of responsibility Klaus Wagensonner --
Title Five Birds, Twelve Rooms, and the Seleucid Game of Twenty Squares /
Statement of responsibility John Z. Wee --
Title BM 33055: A Late Babylonian Clay Tablet with Figures and Captions /
Statement of responsibility Frans A.M. Wiggermann.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Medicine, Ancient.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cuneiform tablets.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Iraq
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision To 634.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Geller, Markham J.,
Relator term honouree.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Panayotov, Strahil V.,
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Vacín, Luděk,
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Trabich, Gene,
Relator term editor.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Title Mesopotamian medicine and magic
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018
International Standard Book Number 9789004368064
Record control number (DLC) 2018014206
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Title Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, [2018],
International Standard Book Number 9789004368064
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Ancient Magic and Divination
Volume/sequential designation 14.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390805.
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Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004368088">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004368088</a>

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