The healing goddess Gula : : towards an understanding of ancient babylonian medicine / / by Barbara Bo℗·ck.
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 pre...
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Superior document: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 67 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, 2014. {copy}2014 |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Jazyk: | English |
Edice: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
v. 67. |
Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
Poznámky: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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- 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.