Therapeutic Prescriptions and Magical-Medical Rituals Against Fever
An Edition of a Late Babylonian Tablet BM 55516 + BM 55577+1882,0704.188
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6077662 |
|---|---|
| Authors | András Bácskay (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Pages | 155-169 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0256 • E-ISSN: 2325-6737 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/725223 |
| OpenAlex | W4383960203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The tablet BM 55516+ contains therapeutic prescriptions (ointments and fumigations) and magical-medical rituals including incantations against fever (ummu) and “persistent fever” (ummu lazzu). I know of no duplicate, but the prescriptions and the incantations have several parallels on medical tablets from Assur, Nineveh, Kalhu, and Babylon. I first provide an edition of the tablet, including all parallels followed by a discussion of the two magical-medical rituals against fever mentioned in the text
Art · Literature · Medical prescription · Traditional medicine · Ancient Near East History · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · History · Medicine · Pharmacology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |