Fragment of the text of clay tablet K 2453 (Nineveh; ca. 911-612 BC; maybe 5000-4000 BC). A recommendation for a ritual or magical act may mention the sheep's ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). See our commentary at the link: 911-612bcK2453 [Rus].
Quote
[Akk]
Clay tablet К 2453
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| (original source: photo by Ashurbanipal Library Project cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de, text: 1906ThompsonRC, plate. 12). |
Translation
[Eng]
Clay tablet К 2453 (reverse)
42. (if a man’s leg is affected) SA ÚR UDU.NITÁ ša GÙB
teleqqe you take the sinew from the left thigh of a sheep (original source: 1992RothMT,
p. 312).
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| (original source: Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de) |
External links
Clay tablet; CT 23, pl.
05-14, K 02453 + (P365736). Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), Neo-Assyrian period (ca.
911-612 BC). [cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de , ebl.lmu.de]
Thompson RC. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Part
XXIII. (50 Plates.). London: Harrison and sons, 1906. [etana.org]
Roth MT (Ed). The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental
Institute of the University of Chicago; Vol. 17, Pt. II. Chicago, Glückstadt:
Published by the Oriental Institute and J.J. Augustin verlagbuchhandlung, 1992.
[oi.uchicago.edu]
Authors & Affiliations
Unknown author (ca. 911-612 BC) – was a healer, magician or priest, lived in Nineveh (Mesopotamia). [cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de , ebl.lmu.de]
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, animals, sheep, synonym, clay tablet
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