Band 10 Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts: The Nineveh Treatise

Markham J. Geller; Strahil V. Panayotov

book: Band 10 Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2020

Band 10 Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts

The Nineveh Treatise

Markham J. Geller and Strahil V. Panayotov
Funded by: European Research Council (ERC)

Part of the multi-volume work Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501506550

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About this book

There is to date no comprehensive treatment of eye disease texts from ancient Mesopotamia, and no English translation of this material is available. This volume is the first complete edition and commentary on Mesopotamian medicine from Nineveh dealing with diseases of the eye. This ancient work, languishing in British Museum archives since the 19th century, is preserved on several large cuneiform manuscripts from the royal library of Ashurbanipal, from the 7th century BC. The longest surviving ancient work on diseased eyes, the text predates by several centuries corresponding Hippocratic treatises. The Nineveh series represents a systematic array of eye symptoms and therapies, also showing commonalities with Egyptian and Greco-Roman medicine. Since scholars of Near Eastern civilizations and ancient and general historians of medicine will need to be familiar with this material, the volume makes this aspect of Babylonian medicine fully accessible to both specialists and non-specialists, with all texts being fully translated into English.

Author / Editor information

Markham J. Geller and Strahil V. Panayotov, Free University Berlin, Germany.

Reviews

"All in all, Geller and Panayotov’s Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts proves
to be a thorough and valuable study of these works, providing an edition
accessible to a broad range of readers and easily usable for future research
on related topics." Franziska Desch in: Aestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science, 2021.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	vii
Preface Open Access Download PDF	xi
1. Overview of Cuneiform Eye Disease Texts (Panayotov) Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Introduction: Eye Disease in Mesopotamia (Geller) Open Access Download PDF	17
§ I. The Nineveh Manuscripts of Chapter One (IGI 1) Open Access Download PDF	45
Edition of IGI 1 Open Access Download PDF	56
§ II. The Nineveh Manuscripts of Chapter Two (IGI 2) Open Access Download PDF	108
Edition of IGI 2 Open Access Download PDF	116
§ III. The Nineveh Manuscripts of Chapter Three (IGI 3) Open Access Download PDF	152
Edition of IGI 3 Open Access Download PDF	158
§ IV. Additional texts from Nineveh Open Access Download PDF	175
§ V. From the Nineveh UGU treatise (BAM 480, 482) Open Access Download PDF	206
§ VI. Diagnostic Medical Omens Concerned with Sick Eyes (Diagnostic Handbook, Sakikkû Chapter 5) by Eric Schmidtchen Open Access Download PDF	229
Notes Open Access Download PDF	245
Glossaries and Logograms with Cuneiform Signs Open Access Download PDF	309
Abbreviations and Literature Open Access Download PDF	375
Indices Open Access Download PDF	391
Plates Open Access Download PDF	405

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, Multiple languages
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in Assyriology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies and History, History of Medicine, History of Ophthalmology
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 454
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 53
Keywords: Cuneiform medicine; eye disease; Mesopotamian therapy; opthalmology

eBook

Published: October 26, 2020
ISBN: 9781501506550

Hardcover

Published: October 26, 2020
ISBN: 9781501515279