The Loss of Male Sexual Desire in Ancient Mesopotamia: >Nīs Libbi

by Gioele Zisa

After more than fifty years since the last publication, the cuneiform texts relating to the treatment of the loss of male sexual desire and vigor in Mesopotamia are collected in this volume. The aim of the book is to present Mesopotamian medical tradition regarding the so-called nīs libbi therapies.
s -zi-ga in Sumerian, nīs libbi in Akkadian, lit. "raising of the 'heart'", is the expression used to indicate a group of texts intended...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110757044
• ISBN13: 9783110757040
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 612 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.9" x 9.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary