Interview with the assyriologist James Kinnier Wilson who uncovered and translated ancient Iraqi psychiatric cuneiform texts
Other Title(s)
مقابلة مع عالم الأثار الشهير جيمس كينير ويلسون الذي اكتشف و ترجم العديد من الرقم الطينية المسمارية التي تحمل نصوص طبية نفسية من حضارة العراق القديم
Author
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 30, Issue 1 (31 May. 2019), pp.65-68, 4 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2019-05-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
History and Geography
Psychology
Topics
- Psychiatry
- Ancient civilizations
- Physicians
- Iraq
- Assyrians (933-605 B.C.)
- Cuneiform writing
- Wilson, James Kinnier, 1846-1879
Abstract EN
The current paper describes an interview with the renowned British Assyriologist James Kinnier Wilson who is in his 90s and did a lot of work to uncover and translate the psychiatric medical cuneiform texts of ancient Iraqis.
The author published an article in the Arab Journal of Psychiatry in 2004 titled Introduction to the Psychiatry of Ancient Mesopotamia, which was a review of Professor Kinnier Wilson’s research on the subject.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Hamid, Walid. 2019. Interview with the assyriologist James Kinnier Wilson who uncovered and translated ancient Iraqi psychiatric cuneiform texts. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 30, no. 1, pp.65-68.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-883915
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Hamid, Walid. Interview with the assyriologist James Kinnier Wilson who uncovered and translated ancient Iraqi psychiatric cuneiform texts. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 30, no. 1 (May. 2019), pp.65-68.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-883915
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Hamid, Walid. Interview with the assyriologist James Kinnier Wilson who uncovered and translated ancient Iraqi psychiatric cuneiform texts. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2019. Vol. 30, no. 1, pp.65-68.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-883915
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 68
Record ID
BIM-883915