Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts : The Nineveh Treatise.

Franz Köcher's magnum opus on Babylonian and Assyrian medicine, which was envisioned to include cuneiform copies, translations, and commentary, was unfinished at his death in 2002 with six volumes of cuneiform copies accompanied by brief introductory comments and citation of parallels and dupl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geller, Markham J.
Other Authors: Panayotov, Strahil V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Overview of Cuneiform Eye Disease Texts (Panayotov)
  • 2. Introduction: Eye Disease in Mesopotamia (Geller)
  • I. The Nineveh Manuscripts of Chapter One (IGI 1)
  • Edition of IGI 1
  • II. The Nineveh Manuscripts of Chapter Two (IGI 2)
  • Edition of IGI 2
  • III. The Nineveh Manuscripts of Chapter Three (IGI 3)
  • Edition of IGI 3
  • IV. Additional texts from Nineveh
  • V. From the Nineveh UGU treatise (BAM 480, 482)
  • VI. Diagnostic Medical Omens Concerned with Sick Eyes (Diagnostic Handbook, Sakikkû Chapter 5) by Eric Schmidtchen
  • Notes
  • Glossaries and Logograms with Cuneiform Signs
  • Abbreviations and Literature
  • Indices
  • Plates.