Birth in Babylonia and the Bible : its Mediterranean setting /
M. Stol, with a chapter by F. A. M. Wiggermann.
- Groningen : Styx, 2000.
- x, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Cuneiform monographs ; 14. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-252) and indexes.
Conception and embryology -- Problems during pregnancy -- Magic and the Divine -- What is going to happen? Prognostics -- Giving birth -- The appearance of the baby -- Midwifery and nursing -- Birth in medical texts -- Worries after birth -- Lamastu, daughter of Anu : a profile / F. A. M. Wiggerman.
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Birth customs--Iraq--Babylonia. Birth customs--History--Mediterranean Region. Childbirth in the Bible.