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The healing goddess Gula : towards an understanding of ancient babylonian medicine / by Barbara Bo℗·ck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bock, Barbara.
- Series:
- Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 67.
- Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 67
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Healing gods.
- Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
- Gula (Assyro-Babylonian deity).
- Gula.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Providing a comprehensive examination of the traits and areas of authority Ancient Babylonians attributed to their healing goddess, this book draws on a wide range of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sources, including god lists, literary compositions, lexical lists, prognostic texts, incantations, and prescriptions. Analysing the use of selected metaphors associated with the goddess, a new perspective is offered on the explanation for disease as well as the motivation for particular treatments. Special chapters deal with the cuneiform handbook on prognosis and diagnosis of diseases, medical incantations appealing to the healing goddess, and the medicinal plants attributed to her. For the first time a body of evidence for the use of simple drugs is brought together, elaborating on specific plant profiles. The result is a volume that challenges many long-held assumptions concerning the specialized cuneiform medical literature and takes a fresh look on the nature of Ancient Babylonian healing.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Healing Goddess Gula: A Portrait
- 3 Gula’s ‘Hand’ in the Handbook of Diagnosis and Prognosis, Sakikkû
- 4 Gula and Healing Spells
- 5 Gula’s Healing Plants
- 6 The Cultural Setting of Ancient Babylonian Medicine
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Subjects
- Index of Words Discussed
- Incantation Incipits
- Texts Cited.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 31, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 90-04-26146-X
- OCLC:
- 861559369
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004261464 DOI
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