Babylonian Astro-medicine, Quadruplicities and Pliny the Elder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20323507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maddalena Rumor (0000-0003-1342-0015, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-76 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-5299 • E-ISSN: 1613-1150 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/za-2021-0007 |
| OpenAlex | W3181572565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article identifies the tradition of Babylonian Kalendertexte as the ultimate source for a passage in Pliny the Elder’s HN 30.95–97, thus establishing a link between Babylonian and Graeco-Roman astral medicine. Implications include the identification of the astrological square aspect (perhaps called é , bītu , “house”) in Babylonia, a connection with Hermeticism and the Greek medical theory of Critical Days, and the textual demonstration that Dreckapotheke -names did indeed refer to healing plants, in such a context
Archaeology · Art · Biology · Context (archaeology) · Identification (biology) · Literature · Ancient Near East History · Botanical Research and Chemistry · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |