ABOUT ROUND LIGAMENT OF FEMUR (ligament of head of femur)

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911-612bcK2453

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

(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).

(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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2000-1600bcBM29663

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 (original source: photo - British Museum britishmuseum.org , text - 2018CohenY , p. 134). Translation [Eng] List of Sheep Body Parts ( с lay tablet BM 29663, obverse) 10. ni-im-šu → nimšu, “sciatic nerve”, “sinew” . ( original source: 2018CohenY , p. 135). ( 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. ...

2018CohenY

Fragments of the article Cohen Y. An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BM 29663) (2018). Introduction The article translates the Ak kadian text of a clay tablet ( BM 29663 ) from Mesopotamia in the Old Babylonian period (2000-1600 BCE), it is a list of sheep body parts and inner organs. Probably, the document was created to help the Mesopotamian Diviner. The author of the text on the clay tablet is unknown. Quotes selected that mention LCF Quote 1. P. 132 «10) 10. ni-im-šu» Quote 2. P. 135 «10. ni-im-šu → nimšu, “sciatic nerve”, “sinew” (CAD N/2 235 [1992RothMT]; CAD Š/2 309 [1992RothMT]; Starr 1983, 64». Keywords ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, akkadian, anatomy, sheep, animals Original Article 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 Yor...

2016CohenY

Fragments of the article Cohen Y. Sheep Anatomical Terminology in the šumma immeru Omen Series and Additional Texts (2016). I ntroduction The author has translated and commented on the Akkadian text of a clay tablet ( BM 29663 ) from Mesopotamia during the Old Babylonian period (2000-1600 BCE). The discussed document lists parts of the body and internal organs of a sheep. From our point of view, this tablet is the first time in history that the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) is mentioned. The author of the cuneiform text is unknown, most likely a diviner. Quotes selected that mention LCF Quote 1. P. 82 « The diviner continues to inspect the rear of the sheep, moving to view the nimšū (written ni-im-šu), the sciatic or thigh nerve ». Quote 2. P. 82 « 15. A commentary from Uruk [Texte aus Uruk, 1976] equates between Sumerian sa.meš, Akkadian šerʾānu, ‘tendon’, and nimšu, which leaves the identification of the term rather secure; see CAD Š/2 309 [1992 RothMT ]»...