TY  - BOOK
AU  - Geller,Markham J.
TI  - Melothesia in Babylonia: medicine, magic, and astrology in the ancient Near East 
T2  - Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures
SN  - 1614516936
AV  - R135.3 .G45 2014
U1  - 610.935 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Boston
PB  - De Gruyter
KW  - Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian
KW  - Astrology, Assyro-Babylonian
KW  - Medical astrology
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - South America
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influences on the human body, which transformed older divination by connecting astrology with medical techniques. Special attention is given to a text from late-5th-century Uruk, which is argued to be an important representative of this new approach to the healing arts, previously only known from Greek and medieval astrology
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