A New Look at Eels and their Use in Mesopotamian Medicine

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Standard

A New Look at Eels and their Use in Mesopotamian Medicine. / Arbøll, Troels Pank.

Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep : Animal Encounters in the Ancient Near East. red. / Lærke Recht; Christina Tsouparopoulou. Mcdonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2021. s. 179-191.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Arbøll, TP 2021, A New Look at Eels and their Use in Mesopotamian Medicine. i L Recht & C Tsouparopoulou (red), Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep : Animal Encounters in the Ancient Near East. Mcdonald Institute for Archaeological Research, s. 179-191. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.76177

APA

Arbøll, T. P. (2021). A New Look at Eels and their Use in Mesopotamian Medicine. I L. Recht, & C. Tsouparopoulou (red.), Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep : Animal Encounters in the Ancient Near East (s. 179-191). Mcdonald Institute for Archaeological Research. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.76177

Vancouver

Arbøll TP. A New Look at Eels and their Use in Mesopotamian Medicine. I Recht L, Tsouparopoulou C, red., Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep : Animal Encounters in the Ancient Near East. Mcdonald Institute for Archaeological Research. 2021. s. 179-191 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.76177

Author

Arbøll, Troels Pank. / A New Look at Eels and their Use in Mesopotamian Medicine. Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep : Animal Encounters in the Ancient Near East. red. / Lærke Recht ; Christina Tsouparopoulou. Mcdonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2021. s. 179-191

Bibtex

@inproceedings{18e437369baa413796be2f451267358d,
title = "A New Look at Eels and their Use in Mesopotamian Medicine",
abstract = " This article examines the use of the so-called kupp{\^u}-eel, and particularly its bile, in cuneiform medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia. In therapeutic treatments, the bile of the kupp{\^u} was specifically used to treat eye illnesses. Although Wolfram von Soden discussed the eel{\textquoteright}s medical uses decades ago, recent scholarship merits a new evaluation of the function of the kupp{\^u}-eel in Mesopotamian medicine. By examining how the ancient Mesopotamians encountered and conceptualized this eel, as well as considering how bile and one{\textquoteright}s eyes were conceptualized in ancient Mesopotamia, this article identifies conceptual overlaps between the kupp{\^u}-eel, bile as a general concept, and illnesses related to the eyes explaining the ancient magico-medical efficacy of the substance. Furthermore, it is proposed that the kupp{\^u} can be identified as the so-called Mesopotamian Spiny Eel. ",
author = "Arb{\o}ll, {Troels Pank}",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.17863/CAM.76177",
language = "English",
pages = "179--191",
editor = "Recht, {L{\ae}rke } and { Tsouparopoulou}, Christina",
booktitle = "Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep",
publisher = "Mcdonald Institute for Archaeological Research",

}

RIS

TY - GEN

T1 - A New Look at Eels and their Use in Mesopotamian Medicine

AU - Arbøll, Troels Pank

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - This article examines the use of the so-called kuppû-eel, and particularly its bile, in cuneiform medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia. In therapeutic treatments, the bile of the kuppû was specifically used to treat eye illnesses. Although Wolfram von Soden discussed the eel’s medical uses decades ago, recent scholarship merits a new evaluation of the function of the kuppû-eel in Mesopotamian medicine. By examining how the ancient Mesopotamians encountered and conceptualized this eel, as well as considering how bile and one’s eyes were conceptualized in ancient Mesopotamia, this article identifies conceptual overlaps between the kuppû-eel, bile as a general concept, and illnesses related to the eyes explaining the ancient magico-medical efficacy of the substance. Furthermore, it is proposed that the kuppû can be identified as the so-called Mesopotamian Spiny Eel.

AB - This article examines the use of the so-called kuppû-eel, and particularly its bile, in cuneiform medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia. In therapeutic treatments, the bile of the kuppû was specifically used to treat eye illnesses. Although Wolfram von Soden discussed the eel’s medical uses decades ago, recent scholarship merits a new evaluation of the function of the kuppû-eel in Mesopotamian medicine. By examining how the ancient Mesopotamians encountered and conceptualized this eel, as well as considering how bile and one’s eyes were conceptualized in ancient Mesopotamia, this article identifies conceptual overlaps between the kuppû-eel, bile as a general concept, and illnesses related to the eyes explaining the ancient magico-medical efficacy of the substance. Furthermore, it is proposed that the kuppû can be identified as the so-called Mesopotamian Spiny Eel.

U2 - 10.17863/CAM.76177

DO - 10.17863/CAM.76177

M3 - Article in proceedings

SP - 179

EP - 191

BT - Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep

A2 - Recht, Lærke

A2 - Tsouparopoulou, Christina

PB - Mcdonald Institute for Archaeological Research

ER -

ID: 230558791