Medicine in Ancient Assur: A Microhistorical Study of the Neo-Assyrian Healer Kiṣir-Aššur

In Medicine in Ancient Assur Troels Pank Arbøll offfers a microhistorical study of a single exorcist named Kiṣir-Aššur who practiced medical and magical healing in the ancient city of Assur (modern northern Iraq) in the 7th century BCE. The book provides the first detailed analysis of a healer’s edu...

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Main Author: Arbøll, Troels P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] Brill 2021
In:Year: 2021
Reviews:[Rezension von: Arbøll, Troels P., Medicine in ancient Assur : a microhistorical study of the Neo-Assyrian healer Kiṣir-Aššur] (2023) (Glassner, Jean-Jacques, 1944 -)
Series/Journal:Ancient Magic and Divination
Further subjects:B History of Medicine
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic

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