Thesis ID: CBB122831509

The Diagnostic Series SA.GIG: Ancient Innovations and Adaptations (2016)

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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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Authors & Contributors
Rochberg, Francesca
Sonia Colafrancesco
Misiewicz, Zoë
Wee, John Zhu-En
Hughes, Jamie Hacker
Abdul-Hamid, Walid Khalid
Concepts
Manuscripts
Divination; prognostication
Diagnosis
Medicine
Astrology
Primary literature (historical sources)
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Places
Mesopotamia
Middle and Near East
Assyria
Greece
Rome (Italy)
England
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