03399 am 22007213u 450 991034184150332120231221125034.01-61451-693-61-61451-934-X10.1515/9781614516934(CKB)3360000000515262(EBL)1652317(SSID)ssj0001402475(PQKBManifestationID)11798714(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402475(PQKBWorkID)11358129(PQKB)11790765(MiAaPQ)EBC1652317(DE-B1597)426757(OCoLC)1013961184(OCoLC)951149499(DE-B1597)9781614516934(Au-PeEL)EBL1652317(CaPaEBR)ebr11006232(CaONFJC)MIL807861(OCoLC)900826231(PPN)202027910(PPN)186042566(EXLCZ)99336000000051526220141027h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMelothesia in Babylonia medicine, magic, and astrology in the ancient near east /by Markham J. GellerBoston :De Gruyter,[2014]©20141 online resource (112 p.)Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures,2194-976X ;volume 2Description based upon print version of record.1-61451-775-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: globalisation of knowledge -- The Uruk taxonomy (SBTU I 43) -- Uruk astral magic (BRM 4 20 and BRM 4 19) -- The Neo-Assyrian precursor: before the zodiac -- Ancient Aramaic and Greek parallels -- Astrological interpretation of SBTU I 43 -- Melothesia -- Concluding hypothesis -- Appendix: modern reflections.This monograph begins with a puzzle: a Babylonian text from late 5th century BCE Uruk associating various diseases with bodily organs, which has evaded interpretation. The correct answer may reside in Babylonian astrology, since the development of the zodiac in the late 5th century BCE offered innovative approaches to the healing arts. The zodiac-a means of predicting the movements of heavenly bodies-transformed older divination (such as hemerologies listing lucky and unlucky days) and introduced more favorable magical techniques and medical prescriptions, which are comparable to those found in Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos and non-Hippocratic Greek medicine. Babylonian melothesia (i.e., the science of charting how zodiacal signs affect the human body) offers the most likely solution explaining the Uruk tablet.Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ;v. 2.Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianMedicine, Assyro-BabylonianPhilosophyMagic, Assyro-Babylonianastrology, medicine, magic, melothesia.Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.Medicine, Assyro-BabylonianPhilosophy.Magic, Assyro-Babylonian.610.935EM 2850SEPArvkGeller Markham J.315054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910341841503321Melothesia in Babylonia1946283UNINA