Melothesia in Babylonia : medicine, magic, and astrology in the ancient near east / Markham J. Geller.

Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]

xi, 100 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Introduction: globalisation of knowledge -- The Uruk taxonomy (SBTU I 43) -- Uruk astral magic (BRM 4 20 and BRM 4 19) -- The Neo-Assyrian precursor: before the zodiac -- Ancient Aramaic and Greek parallels -- Astrological interpretation of SBTU I 43 -- Melothesia -- Concluding hypothesis -- Appendix: modern reflections.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xii) and indexes.