Fragment of the text of clay tablet BM 29663 (Mesopotamia, 2000-1600 BC). In the list of body parts of a sheep, the author indicates ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). See our commentary at the link: 2000-1600bcBM29663 [Rus].
Quote
[Akk]
Clay tablet
BM 29663
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| (original source: photo - British Museum britishmuseum.org, text - 2018CohenY, p. 134). |
Translation
[Eng]
List of
Sheep Body Parts (сlay tablet BM 29663, obverse)
10. ni-im-šu
→ nimšu, “sciatic nerve”, “sinew”. (original
source: 2018CohenY,
p. 135).
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| (original source: British Museum britishmuseum.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
External links
Clay tablet; museum number 29663; registration number 1898,1115.49. Middle East, Old Babylonian period (2000-1600 BC). [britishmuseum.org , cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de]
Sigrist M, Zadok R, Walker C.
Catalogue of the Babylonian tablets in the British Museum. Catalogue of the
Babylonian tablets in the British Museum. London: British Museum Press, 2006.
[ixtheo.de , britishmuseum.org]
Cohen Y. Sheep Anatomical Terminology in the šumma immeru Omen
Series and Additional Texts. Divination as Science: A workshop conducted
during the 60th Recontre Assyriologique Internationale, Warsaw 2014, edited by
J. Fincke. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2016;79-92. [academia.edu]
Cohen Y. An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts
(BM 29663). In: Panayotov SV, Vacin L (Eds). Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic.
Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018:131-48. [academia.edu]
Authors & Affiliations
Unknown author (2000-1600 BC) – was a diviner, lived in the Old Babylonian period in Mesopotamia in Larsa (?) (2016CohenY; cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, animals, sheep, synonym, clay tablet
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