Disease in Babylonia
Biographical note
Irving L. Finkel, Assistant Keeper in the Department of the Ancient Near East of the British Museum, has published many important editions and studies of previously unknown tablets from the British Museum, and is an acknowledged expert on cuneiform literature and the history of board games.
Markham J. Geller, Professor of Semitic Languages at University College London, has worked extensively on Sumerian, Akkadian, and Aramaic magic and medical literature.
Markham J. Geller, Professor of Semitic Languages at University College London, has worked extensively on Sumerian, Akkadian, and Aramaic magic and medical literature.
Readership
Assyriologists and all those interested in the history of ancient medicine.
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The cuneiform inscriptions in this volume illuminate the political, juridical, economical, and religious conditions in Babylonia around 1800 B.C.E. In particular, the large document on the daily cult in Larsa (no. 1) is unique.
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