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| The Kassite, or Middle Babylonian, period was especially important in the long-term process of standardisation and canonisation of such texts. Although the process by which works of the scientific disciplines reached their final form is not explained or even mentioned in the sources, it is thought to be the work of Kassite period transcribers and editors, since many representative texts of the scholarly tradition emerged from the library of Tiglath-Pileser I (who ruled from 1115-1107 BC) – so they emerged in essentially the same form in which they are attested in the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian copies. | The Kassite, or Middle Babylonian, period was especially important in the long-term process of standardisation and canonisation of such texts. Although the process by which works of the scientific disciplines reached their final form is not explained or even mentioned in the sources, it is thought to be the work of Kassite period transcribers and editors, since many representative texts of the scholarly tradition emerged from the library of Tiglath-Pileser I (who ruled from 1115-1107 BC) – so they emerged in essentially the same form in which they are attested in the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian copies. | ||
| - | The oldest known complete medical text is from about 2000 BCE and is in Sumerian ([LINK]; see also Civil). A therapeutic text that deals with many types of misfortunate, | + | The oldest known complete medical text is from about 2000 BC and is in Sumerian ([LINK]; see also Civil). A therapeutic text that deals with many types of misfortunate, |
| ====Basic Typology==== | ====Basic Typology==== | ||
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| ==== Sample Text ==== | ==== Sample Text ==== | ||
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| The following excerpt from an Uruk commentary [[http:// | The following excerpt from an Uruk commentary [[http:// | ||
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| There are numerous other sources for the study of medical traditions, practices, illness, and health in ancient Mesopotamia. Letters, for example, can include descriptions of medical problems, especially those between the Neo-Assyrian king Esarhaddon and his royal physicians and scholars. Literary texts contain references to illnesses and symptoms that can sometimes be linked with those that appear in the Diagnostic Handbook. In addition, there is one lexical series dedicated to the human body known as UGU.MU, and lists of diseases, including the Old Babylonia List of Diseases and a Standard Babylonian recension of the same. However, strictly speaking, medical texts are confined to the ones detailed in the above typology. | There are numerous other sources for the study of medical traditions, practices, illness, and health in ancient Mesopotamia. Letters, for example, can include descriptions of medical problems, especially those between the Neo-Assyrian king Esarhaddon and his royal physicians and scholars. Literary texts contain references to illnesses and symptoms that can sometimes be linked with those that appear in the Diagnostic Handbook. In addition, there is one lexical series dedicated to the human body known as UGU.MU, and lists of diseases, including the Old Babylonia List of Diseases and a Standard Babylonian recension of the same. However, strictly speaking, medical texts are confined to the ones detailed in the above typology. | ||
