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Melothesia in Babylonia : medicine, magic, and astrology in the ancient near east / Markham J. Geller.
LIBRA R135.3 .G445 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geller, Markham J., author.
- Series:
- Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ; v. 2.
- Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures, 2194-976X ; volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
- Astrology, Assyro-Babylonian.
- Medical astrology.
- History, Ancient.
- Mesopotamia.
- Astrology.
- History of Medicine.
- Magic.
- Medical Subjects:
- History, Ancient.
- Mesopotamia.
- Astrology.
- History of Medicine.
- Magic.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 100 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]
- Contents:
- Introduction: globalisation of knowledge
- The Uruk taxonomy (SBTU I 43)
- Uruk astral magic (BRM 4 20 and BRM 4 19)
- The Neo-Assyrian precursor: before the zodiac
- Ancient Aramaic and Greek parallels
- Astrological interpretation of SBTU I 43
- Melothesia
- Concluding hypothesis
- Appendix: modern reflections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xii) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781614517757
- 1614517754
- OCLC:
- 894125206
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