Article ID: CBB454276395

The Lost Language of Ancient Babylonian Plants: From Myth to Medicine (2018)

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The Sumerian myth of Enki and Ninursaga, which conveys Enkis metaphorical nature as power behind the irrigation of the Mesopotamian marshlands, contains a passage that brings together plants, pains and deities. The raison dêtre for the choice of these eight plants has so far escaped scholars. In analysing the evidence for the plants according to cuneiform literary and medical sources the present contribution offers a discussion of their nature and possible connection with the god Enki providing thus an explanation for their choice and shedding light on the storytellers motivation for including the episode on plants in the myth.

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Authors & Contributors
Steele, John M.
Geller, Markham J.
Ramos de Viesca, Maríablanca
Rotelli, Federica
Grivas, Constantinos
Zucconi, Laura M.
Concepts
Medicine
Plants
Medicinal plants
Pharmacy
Primary literature (historical sources)
Tablets; papyri
Time Periods
Ancient
Early modern
Modern
Medieval
17th century
16th century
Places
Mesopotamia
Middle and Near East
Sumer
Greece
Egypt
Rome (Italy)
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