| Description |
1 online resource (231 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 67
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 67.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface; Chapter One Introduction; 1.1 Presentation of the Study; 1.2 Scope and Structure of the Book; Chapter Two The Healing Goddess Gula: A Portrait; 2.1 Gula's Position in the Pantheon and Her Appearance in Literature; 2.2 Gula in the Life of the Ancient Mesopotamians; 2.3 Gula's Dog; Chapter Three Gula's 'Hand' in the Handbook of Diagnosis and Prognosis, Sakikkû; 3.1 Sakikkû VI: 19; 3.2 Sakikkû XII iv: 16; 3.3 Sakikkû XIII i: 55'; 3.4 Sakikkû XXXIII; 3.5 Sakikkû XL; 3.6 'Ninurta's Hands'; Chapter Four Gula and Healing Spells; 4.1 Healing Spells Appealing to Gula. |
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4.2 Healing Spells Referring to Gula and Her Dog4.3 Incantations about Simmu, Skin Sore; 4.4 Standard Formulas in Healing Spells Referring to Gula; 4.5 The Metaphorical Language of Healing Spells; Chapter Five Gula's Healing Plants; 5.1 The Bu'šānu Plant aka Lišān Kalbi Plant; 5.2 The Sasuntu Plant; Chapter Six The Cultural Setting of Ancient Babylonian Medicine; 6.1. The Healing Goddess in the Medical Literature: A Recapitulation; 6.2. Religion, Magic, Medicine; Bibliography; Index of Names and Subjects; Index of Words Discussed; Incantation Incipits; Texts Cited. |
| Summary |
Providing a comprehensive study of the Ancient Babylonian healing goddess, this book employs a range of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sources. The resulting volume challenges many long-held assumptions concerning the specialized medical literature and addresses the nature of healing in Ancient Mesopotamia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Healing gods.
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Healing gods. |
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Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
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Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian. |
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History, Ancient. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bc̲k, Barbara. Healing goddess Gula : towards an understanding of ancient babylonian medicine. Leiden, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2014 x, 221 pages 9789004261457 |
| ISBN |
9789004261464 (electronic book) |
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900426146X (electronic book) |
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130602806X (e-book) |
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9781306028066 (e-book) |
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9789004261457 |
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9004261451 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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