Glossaries

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements
3. Contents VII
4. Abbreviations
5. Introduction 1
6. Text Editions
7. I.1 Diagnostic Handbook (SA.GIG) Tablets 36–39 and Related Material 51
8. Part II: Therapeutic Texts
9. II.1 Selected Texts from the Second Millennium BCE 109
10. II.2 Texts from the First Millennium BCE 147
11. Chapter B Fertility, Conception and Related Matters 254
12. Chapter C Bleeding, Menstruation and Pregnancy 312
13. Chapter D Birth and the Postpartum Period 493
14. Chapter E Women’s Healthcare Texts for Other or Uncertain Purposes 624
15. Chapter F Texts on Amulet Charms for (Pregnant) Women 666
16. Chapter G Two First Millennium BCE Commentaries on the Neo-Assyrian Birth Compendium 687
17. Chapter H Appendix – Treatments for Women’s Hair 707
18. References
19. Glossaries 741
20. Text Concordances 797
21. Plates 803
22. Indices