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Thompson presents a detailed survey of ancient Assyrian vegetables based on his studies of Assyrian medical texts and fragments of cuneiform plant lists.

Subject: Botany / Chemistry / History

Received 1 October 1923. Read 20 March 1924. Communicated by W B [William Bate] Hardy.

A version of this paper was published by Thompson as 'The Assyrian Herbal: a monograph on the Assyrian vegetable drugs' (London: Luzac, 1924).

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AP/80/13
Earliest possible date
1923
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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317 pages
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Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, 'The Assyrian herbal' by R Campbell Thompson, 1923, AP/80/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_80_13/unpublished-paper-the-assyrian-herbal-by-r-campbell-thompson, accessed on 17 December 2025

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