McGrath, William (Author)
Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (Advisor)
The following thesis study will explore and contextualize the tradition of Mesopotamian medical diagnostics for the reader, with a particular focus on the first millennium canonical series SA.GIG. It charts the rise of the ancient diagnostician, the āšipu, as well as the emergence of the early diagnostic texts which predate the SA.GIG series. It problematizes the role of the series’ (alleged) 11th century editor, Esagil-kīn-apli, and seeks to qualify his role by delineating between editorial innovations and editorial adaptations. With reference to recent in-depth structural studies of the texts, it will argue that the head-to-foot order of the second subseries is an adaptation while the real innovation lies in the grouping of the entries within that order. This thesis will also argue for the association of the diagnostic and divinatory traditions based on an examination of the structure of the diagnoses and the modus operandi of the diagnostician.
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Thesis
Wee, John Zhu-En;
(2012)
The Practice of Diagnosis in Mesopotamian Medicine: With Editions of Commentaries on the Diagnostic Series Sa-gig
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Book
Attia, Annie;
Buisson, Gilles;
(2009)
Advances in Mesopotamian Medicine from Hammurabi to Hippocrates
(/isis/citation/CBB001230252/)
Chapter
Heeßel, Nils P.;
(2010)
Rechts oder links---wörtlich oder dem Sinn nach? Zum Problem der kulturellen Gebundenheit bei der Übersetzung von medizinischen Keilschrifttexten
(/isis/citation/CBB001210447/)
Book
Rochberg, Francesca;
(2010)
In the Path of the Moon: Babylonian Celestial Divination and Its Legacy
(/isis/citation/CBB001023180/)
Book
Koch-Westenholz, Ulla;
(2000)
Babylonian Liver Omens: The Chapters Manzazu, Padanu and Pan Takalti of the Babylonian Extispicy Series Mainly from Assurbanipal's Library
(/isis/citation/CBB000102172/)
Article
Brown, David;
(2006)
Astral Divination in the Context of Mesopotamian Divination, Medicine, Religion, Magic, Society, and Scholarship
(/isis/citation/CBB001021328/)
Book
Ciraolo, Leda Jean;
Seidel, Jonathan Lee;
(2002)
Magic and Divination in the Ancient World
(/isis/citation/CBB000301893/)
Chapter
Quack, Joachim Friedrich;
(2010)
Präzision in der Prognose oder: Divination als Wissenschaft
(/isis/citation/CBB001210442/)
Book
Rochberg, Francesca;
(2004)
The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture
(/isis/citation/CBB000750936/)
Thesis
Zoë Mirra Misiewicz;
(2019)
John Lydus and Mesopotamian Celestial Omens in Late Antiquity
(/isis/citation/CBB923482793/)
Book
Sonia Colafrancesco;
(2023)
La Capsula eburnea nella tradizione inglese medievale
(/isis/citation/CBB896347593/)
Article
Abdul-Hamid, Walid Khalid;
Hughes, Jamie Hacker;
(2014)
Nothing New under the Sun: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in the Ancient World
(/isis/citation/CBB001202412/)
Book
Scurlock, Jo Ann;
Andersen, Burton R.;
(2005)
Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian Medicine: Ancient Sources, Translations, and Modern Medical Analyses
(/isis/citation/CBB000650394/)
Article
Kurtik, G. E.;
(2010)
Astrological Geography of Ancient Mesopotamia
(/isis/citation/CBB001211350/)
Article
Muroi, Kazuo;
(2003)
Excavation Problems in Babylonian Mathematics: Susa Mathematical Text No. 24 and Others
(/isis/citation/CBB000411099/)
Article
Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko;
(2002-2003)
The Nabatean Agriculture: Authenticity, Textual History and Analysis
(/isis/citation/CBB000501037/)
Article
Yuste, Piedad;
(2004)
Trapezoidal Partition in Old Babylonian Geometry: A Note about Tablet TMS XXIII
(/isis/citation/CBB000501258/)
Article
Britton, John P.;
(2001)
Remarks on a System A Text for Venus: ACT 1050
(/isis/citation/CBB000101287/)
Book
Friberg, Joran;
(2007)
Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts: Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection; Text I
(/isis/citation/CBB000830149/)
Article
Gray, J. M. K.;
Steele, J. M.;
(2008)
Studies on Babylonian Goal-Year Astronomy I: A Comparison between Planetary Data in Goal-Year Texts, Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs
(/isis/citation/CBB000850604/)
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