{"id":11719,"date":"2019-02-25T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihist.bas.bg\/academic-staff\/%d1%81%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%85%d0%b8%d0%bb-%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:49:48","slug":"strahil-panayotov","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ihist.bas.bg\/en\/academic-staff\/strahil-panayotov\/","title":{"rendered":"Strahil Panayotov"},"content":{"rendered":"

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chief. assist. prof., PhD<\/p>\n

e-mail:
\nstrahil(dot)panayotov(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg
\nstrahil(dot)panayotov(at)gmail(dot)com<\/p>\n

ORCID <\/strong>0000-0003-3577-2978<\/a>
\nWeb of Science ResearcherID<\/strong> AAX-2035-2021<\/a><\/p>\n

Web Site: https:\/\/bas.academia.edu\/StrahilPanayotov<\/a>; http:\/\/auxiliary.ihist.bas.bg\/cv_spanajotov.html<\/a><\/p>\n

18 September 1981, Sofia<\/p>\n

MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH<\/strong><\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic and their cuneiform Sources<\/li>\n
  2. Historiography of Assyriology<\/li>\n
  3. Ancient Near East \u2013 cuneiform philology and epigraphy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ACADEMIC COMPETENCIES AND CAREER<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    \u0415ducation<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    2000-2002 \u2013 Ancient History and Egyptology (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski)<\/p>\n

    2003-2005 – Egyptology, Semitic Studies, Assyriology, Near Eastern Archaeology (Ruperto Carola Universit\u00e4t, Heidelberg)<\/p>\n

    2005-2006 – Assyriology and Egyptology (University of Toronto)<\/p>\n

    2006-2009 \u2013 Assyriology, Egyptology and Near Eastern Archaeology (Ruperto Carola Universit\u00e4t, Heidelberg)<\/p>\n

    22.10.2009 – Magister Artium in Assyriology, Egyptology and Near Eastern Archaeology (Ruperto Carola Universit\u00e4t, Heidelberg)<\/p>\n

    2010-2012 \u2013 PhD studies in Assyriology (Ruperto Carola Universit\u00e4t, Heidelberg)<\/p>\n

    2011-2012 – PhD studies and specialization in Babylonian Medicine and Magic (Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin)<\/p>\n

    2013-2014 – PhD studies in Assyriology (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski)<\/p>\n

    17.03.2014 \u2013 PhD defence in Assyriology and Ancient History and Archaeology (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski)<\/p>\n

    Positions held<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    2022- Assistant Professor (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)<\/p>\n

    2023 \u2013 2020 Curator for Assyrian Medicine, British Museum, London<\/p>\n

    11.2018 \u2013 research assistant (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)<\/p>\n

    07.\u201310.2018 \u2013 research assistant (Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin)<\/p>\n

    2013-2018 \u2013 Postdoc in BabMed ERC Advanced Grant (Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin)<\/p>\n

    01. \u2013 07. 2013 Lecturer, Akkadian Language and cuneiform script. Arabistic and Semitology (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski)<\/p>\n

    01.\u201307.2010 \u2013 teaching assistant in foreign languages and cultures, egyptology (New Bulgarian University, Sofia)<\/p>\n

    2005-2009, 2011 Tutor Akkadian language, Heidelberg University.<\/p>\n

    Degree and academic rank<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    2022 Assistant Professor (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)<\/p>\n

    2014 PhD (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski)<\/p>\n

    2018 \u2013 research assistant (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)<\/p>\n

    Membership in academic organizations and associations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    2013\u20132015, 2016, 2025 \u2013 The International Association for Assyriology<\/p>\n

    Membership in editorial and publishing boards<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    peer-reviewer Le Journal des M\u00e9decines Cun\u00e9iformes <\/em>(2018)<\/p>\n

    peer-reviewer Ancient Near Eastern Studies (ANES) <\/em>(2022)<\/p>\n

    peer-reviewer Journal of Cuneiform Studies <\/em>(2025)<\/p>\n

    Specializations and fellowships<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    2024-2023 (Pforzheimer Fellowship Programme) \u2013 The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS)<\/p>\n

    05-06. 2017 Dahlem Junior Host Program, Frei Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/p>\n

    2012-2010 PhD stipend (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)<\/p>\n

    2009-2007 MA stipend (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)<\/p>\n

    03.2012 Cuneiform Research in Turkey, Istnabul and Ankara (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and Heidelberg Graduate Academy)<\/p>\n

    08.-09. 2011 Cuneiform Research in VAM, Berlin and British Museum, London (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and Heidelberg Graduate Academy)<\/p>\n

    07.-09.2008 Excavation in Tel Amarna, Syria (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)<\/p>\n

    05.2008 Travel Stipend in Turkey, Cilicia (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)<\/p>\n

    Projects<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    2010 \u2013 2014 Norbert Gottstein, Assyrian Cuneiform Spotlight, BASF, Ludwigshafen \/ Ruperto Carola University Heidelberg, Germany<\/p>\n

    2010 \u2013 2017 Aleka Strezova, Autobiography of Petar Mateev, Bulgarian Academy of Science Sofia, Bulgaria<\/p>\n

    2011 \u2013 2018 Irving Finkel, Cuneiform Texts and Amulets, Department Middle East, British Museum London, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

    2012 \u2013 2018 Henry Stadhouders, Mesopotamian Ritual Texts Egalkurra<\/em>, Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Utrecht University, Netherlands<\/p>\n

    2013 \u2013 2020 Markham J. Geller, Babylonian Magic and Medicine, University College London, United Kingdon and Annie Attia, Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts, Babylonian Medicine, Histoire de la Me\u0301sopotamie, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris, France. Submitted Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts for publication by de Gruyter.<\/p>\n

    2014 \u2013 2018 Lude\u030ck Vaci\u0301n, Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic, University of Hradec Kra\u0301love\u0301, Czech Republic. Publication of Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic by Brill.<\/p>\n

    2014 \u2013 2018 Ulrike Steinert, J. Cale Johnson, Eric Schmidtchen, Assur Medical Catalogue, BabMed, TOPOI, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

    Teaching<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    05-07.2016 Babylonian Magic and Medicine (Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin)<\/p>\n

    01.-07.2013 Introduction into Akkadian Language (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski)<\/p>\n

    01.-07.2010 History of Cuneiform and Akkadian Language (New Bulgarian University, Sofia)<\/p>\n

    2011, 2009-2007 (Ruperto Carola Universit\u00e4t, Heidelberg)<\/p>\n

    Languages<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    modern<\/em><\/p>\n

    fluent in: Bulgarian; German; English
    \nreads: French, Italian, Russian<\/p>\n

    ancient<\/em><\/p>\n

    uses: Akkadian, Sumerian
    \nstudied: Middle\/New Egyptian, Latin, Arabic<\/p>\n

    PUBLICATIONS [OA = open access]<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    NinMed \u2013<\/strong> online editions of cuneiform medical texts. <\/strong>NinMed project, British Museum, Londodn, Wellcome Research Resources Grant<\/p>\n

    2020 \u2013 https:\/\/build-oracc.museum.upenn.edu\/asbp\/ninmed\/pager<\/a>
    \n2020 \u2013     https:\/\/www.ebl.lmu.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Books<\/h4>\n
      \n
    1. Mesopotamian Eyes Disease Texts: The Nineveh Treatise<\/em>. Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen 10. de Gruyter [OA], 2020 [with M.J. Geller] ISBN 978-1-5015-0655-0<\/li>\n
    2. Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic: Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller<\/em>. Ancient Magic and Divination 14. Leiden\u2013Boston: Brill, 2018 [with L. Vac\u00edn] ISBN 978-90-04-36808-8<\/li>\n
    3. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 \u0410. \u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430. \u041f\u0435\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0435\u0432. \u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u044f, \u0436\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0442, \u0441\u043f\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438, \u0434\u0435\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442. <\/em>\u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f: \u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u0430\u043a\u0430\u0434\u0435\u043c\u0438\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0443\u043a\u0438\u0442\u0435. \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0444. \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d \u0414\u0440\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432<\/li>\n
    4. T\u0430\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0438 \u0441 \u0434\u0440\u044a\u0436\u043a\u0430 (\u0430\u043c\u0443\u043b\u0435\u0442\u043d\u0438 \u0442\u0430\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0438) \u043e\u0442 \u041c\u0435\u0441\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438\u044f \u2013 II-I \u0445\u0438\u043b. \u043f\u0440. \u0425\u0440<\/em>. \u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f: \u0414\u0438\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430, 2016 [OA] ISBN 978-954-2977-25-4<\/li>\n
    5. Preprint: Die Lampe am Krankenbett. Untersuchungen zu altorientalischen Gebeten an den Lichtgott Nuska<\/em>. Cuneiform Digital Library Preprints 4, 2016 [OA]<\/li>\n
    6. Cuneiform Spotlight of the Neo- and Middle Assyrian Signs<\/em>. Dresden: Islet, 2014 [with N. Gottstein\u2020] [OA] ISBN 978-3-9814842-2-9<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Papers<\/strong><\/h4>\n
        \n
      1. Cuneiform Demons and Modern Viruses. Plague in Antiquity<\/em>, edited by Andrew Jamieson, Caroline Tully and Louise Hitchcock. Leuven \u2013 Paris \u2013 Bristol, Ct.: Peeters: 109-124<\/li>\n
      2. Witchcraft in Medicine: the Ashur Medical Catalogue and Relevant Nineveh Series Reexamined. Le Journal des M\u00e9decines Cun\u00e9iformes<\/em> 41: 16-35.<\/li>\n
      3. \u201a\u0422he Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia Overview \u2013 Reconstruction’, The Nineveh Medical Project<\/em>, The Nineveh Medical Project, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, 2022. [http:\/\/oracc.museum.upenn.edu\/asbp\/NinMed\/whatisthenme\/reconstructingnme\/]<\/li>\n
      4. ‘Regional connections’, The Nineveh Medical Project<\/em>, The Nineveh Medical Project, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, 2022 [http:\/\/oracc.museum.upenn.edu\/asbp\/NinMed\/historyofmedicine\/regionalconnections\/]<\/li>\n
      5. ‘Liver as a cure for blindness’, The Nineveh Medical Project<\/em>, The Nineveh Medical Project, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, 2022 [http:\/\/oracc.museum.upenn.edu\/asbp\/NinMed\/historyofmedicine\/liverforblindness\/]<\/li>\n
      6. ‘Surgery in Mesopotamia’, The Nineveh Medical Project<\/em>, The Nineveh Medical Project, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, 2022 [http:\/\/oracc.museum.upenn.edu\/asbp\/NinMed\/surgery\/]<\/li>\n
      7. Healing in Images and Texts: The Sickbed Scene. In Patients and Performative Identities: At the Intersection of the Mesopotamian Technical Disciplines and Their Clients, edited by J. Cale Johnson<\/em>. Eisenbrauns, the Pennsylvania state university press. 129-158.<\/li>\n
      8. Pros and Cons of Mesopotamian Medical Texts \u2013 in particular of Eye Disease Texts. Le Journal des Me\u0301decines Cune\u0301iformes, 36: 1-9<\/li>\n
      9. Magic and Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia \u2014 A New Collection of Translations (Review article of JoAnn Scurlock, Sourcebook for Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine). Journal of the American Oriental Society <\/em>138.3: 567-573.<\/li>\n
      10. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 Henry Stadhouders, From Awe to Audacity, Stratagems for Approaching Authorities Successfully: The Istanbul Egalkura Tablet A 373. In Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic: Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller<\/em>, ed. S.V. Panayotov and L. Vac\u00edn. Ancient Magic and Divination 14. Leiden\u2013Boston: Brill: 623-697.<\/li>\n
      11. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 L. Vac\u00edn. Preface.In Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic: Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller<\/em>, ed. S.V. Panayotov and L. Vac\u00edn. Ancient Magic and Divination 14. Leiden\u2013Boston: Brill: xi-xv<\/li>\n
      12. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 L. Vac\u00edn. Bibliography of Markham J. Geller. In Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic: Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller<\/em>, ed. S.V. Panayotov and L. Vac\u00edn. Ancient Magic and Divination 14. Leiden\u2013Boston: Brill: xvii-xxx<\/li>\n
      13. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 M.J. Geller, J.C. Johnson, E. Schmidtchen, U. Steinert. The Assur Medical Catalogue. In Assyrian and Babylonian Scholarly Text Catalogues: Medicine, Magic and Divination<\/em>, ed. U. Steinert. Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen 9. de Gruyter: 207-217 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      14. Notes on the Assur Medical Catalogue with Comparison to the Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia. In Assyrian and Babylonian Scholarly Text Catalogues: Medicine, Magic and Divination<\/em>, ed. U. Steinert. Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen 9. de Gruyter: 88-118 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      15. Magico-Medical Plants and Incantations on Assyrian House Amulets. In Sources of Evil. Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore<\/em>, ed. G. Van Buylaere, M. Luukko, D. Schwemer and A. Mertens-Wagschal. Ancient Magic and Divination 15. Leiden \u2013 Boston: Brill: 192-222 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      16. Er darf keine Zwiebeln essen, (sonst) wird ihn ein Skorpion stechen Mesopotamischer magischer Kalender auf \u201eAmulett-Tafeln\u201c. In Texte, Medien, Kontexte, ed. J.E. M\u00fcller, C. Nouledo, and H. Stiemer. M\u00fcnster: Nodus: 33-48<\/li>\n
      17. \u041a\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0438 \u043e\u0442 \u041a\u043e\u0442\u0435\u043b. \u0412 \u0410. \u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0438 \u0421. \u041f\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0439\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432, \u041f\u0435\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0435\u0432. \u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438\u044f, \u0436\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0442, \u0441\u043f\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438, \u0434\u0435\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442.<\/em>\u0421\u043e\u0444\u0438\u044f: \u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u0430\u043a\u0430\u0434\u0435\u043c\u0438\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0443\u043a\u0438\u0442\u0435. \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0444. \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d \u0414\u0440\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432: 317-326 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      18. Eye Metaphors, Analogies and Similes within Mesopotamian Magico-Medical Texts. In The Comparable Body. Analogy and Metaphor in Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman Medicine<\/em>, ed. J.Z. Wee. Studies in Ancient Medicine 49. Leiden-Boston: Brill: 204-246 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      19. Mesopotamian Ghosts in a Modern Disguise. In Volume in Honour of Professor Peter Delev<\/em>, ed. H. Popov and J. Tzvetkova. Sofia: St. Kliment Ochridski Press: 29-36 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      20. The Second Seal of Kabti-il\u012b-Marduk\/Suhaya on a New Egibi Land Sale Contract. In From the Four Corners of the Earth. Studies in Iconography and Cultures of the Ancient Near East in Honour of F.A.M. Wiggermann<\/em>, ed- D. Kertai and O. Nieuwenhuyse. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 441. M\u00fcnster: Ugarit-Verlag: 153-163 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      21. How to cure a \u2018headache\u2019 in a Mesopotamian way? The Recipes Project \u2013 Food, Magic, Science, and Medicine<\/em>[OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      22. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 V. Alt, A. Borikova, M. Klein, S. Quaijtaal, and C. Richter. A Dedication to I\u0161tar from Arbela on an \u2018amulet-shaped\u2019 tablet. Cuneiform Digital Library Notes<\/em>2017\/1 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      23. Addenda and Corrigenda to \u2018Fragments of the Nineveh Medical Composition IGI join UGU, JMC 27. Le Journal des M\u00e9decines Cun\u00e9iformes<\/em>28: 66-67 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      24. Fragments of the Nineveh Medical Composition IGI join UGU. Le Journal des M\u00e9decines Cun\u00e9iformes<\/em>27: 59-67 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      25. Hearing and Seeing Ghosts in Mesopotamian Magical Medicine. In Meditation and Healing<\/em>. The Institute of Mind Humanities: 49-64 (in Korean) [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      26. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 E. Jim\u00e9nez. Commentary (BRM 4 24) to Iqqur \u012bpu\u0161, s\u00e9rie g\u00e9nerale B, Cuneiform Commentaries Project<\/em>3.8.1.B [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      27. On \u2018Firing Holes\u2019 and Cuneiform Stylus. Cuneiform Digital Library Notes<\/em>2016\/1 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      28. The Gottstein System Implemented on a Digital Middle and Neo-Assyrian Palaeography. Cuneiform Digital Library Notes<\/em>2015\/17 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      29. The tablet of the Middle Assyrian \u2018coronation\u2019 ritual: the placement of VAT 10113 and the displacement of VAT 9978. Cuneiform Digital Library Notes<\/em>2015\/7 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      30. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 K. Kissiov. An administrative tablet from Puzri\u0161-Dag\u0101n in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Cuneiform Digital Library Notes<\/em>2015\/2 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      31. Paleographical notes on KH 13 O 1178, appendix in G. Marchesi, A Bilingual Literary Text from Karkemish Featuring Marduk (with contributions by W. R. Mayer and S. V. Panayotov) (Tab. XXXII-XXXIV). Orientalia Nova Series<\/em>83: 330-340 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      32. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 C. Wunsch: New Light on George Smith\u2019s Purchase of the Egibi Archive in 1876 from the Nachlass Mathewson. In Melammu: The Ancient World in an Age of Globalization<\/em>, ed. M. J. Geller. Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge 7. Berlin: Edition Open Access: 191-215 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      33. George Smith\u2019s Identification of Karkemish: From the Account of his Assistant Mathewson. In Karkemish: An Ancient Capital on the Euphrates<\/em>, ed. N. Marchetti. OrientLab 2. Bologna: AnteQuem: 44-51 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      34. \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0436\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0435\u0432 (\u041c\u0430\u0442\u044e\u0441\u044a\u043d \u0438 \u0414\u0436\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0436 \u0421\u043c\u0438\u0442 (New Sources for the life of Peter Mateev (Mathewson) and George Smith). In T\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u043c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0435\u043d \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0433\u0440\u0435\u0441 \u043f\u043e \u0431\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, 23\u201326 \u043c\u0430\u0438\u0306 2013 \u0433. (Third International Congress for Bulgarian Studies<\/em>, 23-26 May 2013). Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski Press: 23-39 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      35. Update to A\u0161\u0161ur-etel-il\u0101ni-muk\u012bn-apli\u2019s inscription on tablet with handle. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em>2014\/2: 84-86 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      36. A Peculiar Late Babylonian Recipe for Fumigation Against Epilepsy, The Recipes Project \u2013 Food, Magic, Science, and Medicine <\/em>[OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      37. Some Notes on B\u00f6ck\u2019s Review of BAM 7 and on B\u00f6ck 2014. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em>2014\/1: 43-49 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      38. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 M.J. Geller: \u00abFemme fatale\u00bb, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em>2014\/1: 35-38 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      39. \u0417\u0430\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u0441 J. Llop: A Middle Assyrian Juridical Text on a Tablet with Handle. Archiv orient\u00e1ln\u00ed<\/em>81: 223-233 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      40. A Ritual for a Flourishing Bordello. Bibliotheca Orientalis<\/em>70: 285-309<\/li>\n
      41. A Copper Bell to Expel Demons in Berlin. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em>2013\/3: 80-87 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      42. Who is the client of the namburbi tablet with handle A 114 (LKA 128) in Istanbul? Nouvelles Assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em>2013\/1: 16-17 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
      43. \u0410\u0441\u0438\u0440\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u0446\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f (Assyrian Kings Genealogy). \u0420\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0437\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u2013 Genealogia<\/em>3\/4: 60-78. (in Bulgarian) [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Academic reviews<\/strong><\/h4>\n
          \n
        1. Magic and Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia \u2014 A New Collection of Translations (Review article of JoAnn Scurlock, Sourcebook for Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine). Journal of the American Oriental Society <\/em>138.3: 567-573<\/li>\n
        2. Review of Walter Farber: Lama\u0161tu: An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lama\u0161tu. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies <\/em>78: 599-600 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
        3. Review of Loretz, O. \u2013 Hippologia Ugaritica \u2026 Mit einem Beitrag von M. Stol \u00fcber Pferde, Pferdekrankheiten und Pferdemedizin in altbabylonischer Zeit. Bibliotheca Orientalis<\/em>72: 483-489 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n
        4. Some Notes on B\u00f6ck\u2019s Review of BAM 7 and on B\u00f6ck 2014. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em>2014\/1: 43-49 [OA]<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Compiling and editing<\/strong><\/h4>\n
            \n
          1. Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic: Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller<\/em>. Ancient Magic and Divination 14. Leiden\u2013Boston: Brill, 2018 [with L. Vac\u00edn] ISBN 978-90-04-36808-8<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC FORUMS<\/strong><\/h3>\n
              \n
            1. 05.2025. From an Astrological Report to Medical Theory. 25th Melammu Workshop Divination Techniques in the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean World. 29\u201330 May 2025. Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Rectorate, New Conference Hall<\/li>\n
            2. 7.June. 2024. Aliens and Sheep in the Archaeological Museum of Plovdiv \u2013 10 Years After. JOINT CAS\/NEC Workshop within the Fellowship programme \u201eSocial Relevance of the Humanities\u201d. How critical thinking and academic standards navigate in the world of post-truth? hosted by the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia. https:\/\/cas.bg. 7 June, 2024<\/li>\n
            3. 12.2023. Comparative and interdisciplinary analyses of medical texts concerning coughing of phlegm: from the second Millennium BCE Mesopotamia, over Ashurbanipal to Hippocrates. Seminars of the Advanced Study Sofia in the scope of the Pforzheimer Fellowship Programme.<\/li>\n
            4. July.2023. The importance of the Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia for medical history. Medicine in ancient Iraq: healthcare fit for a king. <\/strong>A free study day. Saturday 8 July 2023. The Hugh and Catherine Stevenson Lecture Theatre, The Clore Centre for Education, British Museum, London<\/li>\n
            5. 16.March.2023. Coughing mucus (su\u0101lu): towards a textual criticism of cuneiform medical texts. NinMed project Workshop. The British Museum, London.<\/li>\n
            6. Jan.2023. Colophons on the Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia. NinMed project Workshop. The British Museum, London.<\/li>\n
            7. December.2022. \u201e\u0410\u0441\u0438\u0440\u0438\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u0432 \u0421\u044a\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u201c. \u0422\u044a\u0440\u0436\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0446\u0438\u044f, \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430 75-\u0442\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0448\u043d\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0442 \u0441\u044a\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0418\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0443\u0442\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0438\u0437\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0438 \u0411\u0410\u041d. \u201e\u0418\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0443\u043a\u0430 \u0432 \u0441\u044a\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0441\u0432\u044f\u0442\u201c<\/li>\n
            8. November.2022. 1) Background to Assyrian medicine, Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia. 2) issues around translation, commentary, context (with K. Simk\u00f3). 3) One or Many Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia? Editorial workshops in the Royal Library of Nineveh. NinMed project Workshop. The British Museum, London.<\/li>\n
            9. November.2022. \u201eOn the origins and creation of the Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia\u201d. The London Centre for the Ancient Near East, lecture series Autumn 2022: Medicine in ancient Iraq.<\/li>\n
            10. Jul. 2021. University of Turin, 67th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale. Title: Eating and Drinking when the human Eyes were Sick.<\/li>\n
            11. Jul. 2019. Coll\u00e8ge de France, 65th Rencontre assyriologique internationale in Paris. Title: \u201ePros and Cons of Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts\u201d<\/li>\n
            12. Dec.2018. Book Centre, New Bulgarian University. Title: Book Launch of Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic: Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller<\/em>, ed. S.V. Panayotov and L. Vac\u00edn. Ancient Magic and Divination 14. Leiden\u2013Boston.<\/li>\n
            13. Nov.2018. Tagungszentrum Bonlanden-Kloster, Medizin im Altertum (Fachschaft Altertumswissenschaften des Cusanuswerks | Bischo\u0308fliche Studienfo\u0308rderung). Title: The Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia (NME)<\/li>\n
            14. Oct. 2018. Paris Diderot University. History of Science, History of Text. Title: The Nineveh Medical Encyclopaedia and similar Compendia<\/em><\/li>\n
            15. Jul. 2017. Philipps-Universit\u00e4t Marburg. 63rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Dealing with Antiquity \u2013 Past, Present & Future. Title: The King\u2019s Health: The Case of Esarhaddon, Between Royal Letters and Therapeutic Texts<\/em><\/li>\n
            16. Nov. 2016. University of Cambridge. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Title: Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts<\/em><\/li>\n
            17. Oct. 2016. University of Innsbruck. Melammu Workshop 2: Literary Change in Mesopotamia and Beyond. Title: Changes and Transformations in Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts<\/em><\/li>\n
            18. Apr. 2016. Wolfson College, Oxford. The Fifth Annual Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology (OPCA 2016). Title: The Materiality of Mesopotamian Magic and Medicine<\/em><\/li>\n
            19. Feb. 2016. University of Toronto. Seminars on the Ancient Near East. Title: Current Research of Babylonian Medicine in Berlin<\/em><\/li>\n
            20. Jan. 2016. Humboldt University Berlin. TOPOI D-1 Research Colloquium. Title: Construction of Mesopotamian Medical Knowledge<\/em><\/li>\n
            21. Dec. 2015. Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin. BabMed Seminar, Greek and Babylonian Medicine \u2013 a Comparative View. Title: The Circulation of Medical Knowledge in the Ancient World and the Mesopotamian Therapeutic Texts Dealing with Eye Diseases \u2013 A Comparative View<\/em><\/li>\n
            22. Nov. 2015. Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin. International conference, Practical Knowledge and Medical Practice in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures. Title: What do we know about Mesopotamian surgery \u2013 and what would we like to know?<\/em><\/li>\n
            23. Jul. 2015. Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin. BabMed Annual Workshop 2, 2015, July 21-22. Title: Introduction to Fumigation in Mesopotamia<\/em><\/li>\n
            24. Jun. 2015. University of Bern. 61st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Text and Image. Title: Healing in Images and Text: The Sickbed Scene<\/em><\/li>\n
            25. Apr. 2015. W\u00fcrzburg University. International conference, Sources of Evil. Title: The Assur Medical Catalogue \u2013 Part I: Structure and Canonization<\/em><\/li>\n
            26. Dec. 2014. SOAS, London. Title: Medico-Magical Plants and their Incantations on Tablets with Handle (\u2018amulet-shaped tablets\u2019)<\/em><\/li>\n
            27. Jul. 2014. University of Warsaw. 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Fortune and Misfortune in the Ancient Near East. Title: Psychosomatic Problems of the Babylonian Patient<\/em><\/li>\n
            28. Jul. 2014. University of Warsaw. 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Fortune and Misfortune in the Ancient Near East. Title: Cuneiform Spotlight of the Neo- and Middle Assyrian Signs<\/em><\/li>\n
            29. Jun. 2014. Tel Aviv University. International conference, Three Thousand Years of Textual Production and Dissemination in the Ancient Near East. Title: On the Textual Production of the Babylonian Medical Series on Fumigation<\/em><\/li>\n
            30. May 2014. Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea. Institute of Mind Humanities\u2019 international conference, Mediation & Healing in Asian Traditions. Title: Hearing and Seeing Ghosts in Babylonian Magical Medicine<\/em><\/li>\n
            31. May 2014. University of Chicago. The Oriental Institute\u2019s Symposium, Body and Metaphor in Ancient Medicine. Title: Eye Disease Metaphors in Babylonian Texts<\/em><\/li>\n
            32. Oct. 2013. Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin. Fourth Dahlem Seminar for the History of Ancient Sciences. Title: Divine Weapons in Mesopotamia as Analogy<\/em><\/li>\n
            33. Jul. 2013. Ghent University. 59th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Law and (Dis)Order in the Ancient Near East. Title: New Features of Tablets with a Handle (\u2018Amulet-shaped Tablets\u2019): Towards an Understanding of Their Function<\/em><\/li>\n
            34. May 2013. Sofia University. Third International Congress of Bulgarian Studies. Title: \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0436\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0435\u0432, (II \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442), \u041c\u0430\u0442\u044e\u0441\u044a\u043d \u0438 \u0414\u0436\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0436 \u0421\u043c\u0438\u0442<\/em>(New Sources for the Life of George Smith<\/em>)<\/li>\n
            35. Nov. 2012. Sofia University. Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies. Title<\/em>:\u0420\u0438\u0442\u0443\u0430\u043b \u0437\u0430 \u0443\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0445 \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u044a\u0447\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0432 \u0414\u0432\u0443\u0440\u0435\u0447\u0438\u0435\u0442\u043e \u043e\u0442 I-\u0432\u043e \u0445\u0438\u043b\u044f\u0434\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u0440. \u0425\u0440.<\/em> (A Ritual for Pub\u2019s Success in Mesopotamia, I millennium BC<\/em>)<\/li>\n
            36. Jun. 2012. Sofia University. Department of History and Archaeology. Title: \u041a\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0438 \u043e\u0442 \u041a\u043e\u0442\u0435\u043b \u0438 \u043f\u044a\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0446\u0430 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u044a\u0440 \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0435\u0432 \u0432 \u0411\u043b\u0438\u0437\u043a\u0438\u044f \u0418\u0437\u0442\u043e\u043a \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437 1876 \u0433.<\/em>(The cuneiform tablets from Kotel and the journey of Peter Mateev in the Near East during 1876<\/em>)<\/li>\n
            37. Oct. 2011. Bayreuth University. Forschungskolloquium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes in Zusammenarbeit mit der Professur f\u00fcr Medienwissenschaft der Universit\u00e4t Bayreuth. Title: Text, Form-Kontext und Fund-Kontext am Beispiel einiger altorientalischer Tontafeln mit Hemerologien<\/em><\/li>\n
            38. Apr. 2011. Weimar. Doktorandenforum Kultur der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes in Weimar. Title: Altorientalische Tafeln mit Aufsatz, sog. Amuletttafeln<\/em><\/li>\n
            39. 04-08.Jul. 2011. Rome. 57th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Tradition and Innovation in the Ancient Near East. Title: Tablets with Projection, tablets in \u201eamulet shape\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              POPULAR LECTURES\/ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h3>\n

              June 11, 2025. The Body in Babylonian Medicine according to the Nineveh Medical Encyclopedia (7th century BC). \u201eHidden and Revealed \u2013 a Scientific Workshop for Ideas.\u201d Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski,\u201d 18:00, Room 20, 2nd floor, CIEC (79 Todor Alexandrov Blvd.)<\/p>\n

              June 4, 2025. Treatments for Cough and Phlegm from Babylon and Assyria to Hippocrates. American Corner \u2013 Sofia City Library, Public Lecture by the Center for Academic Research Sofia: CAR.<\/p>\n

              May 21, 2025. Cuneiform (with hands-on cuneiform writing exercise on clay tablets): Public lecture for students. Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski,\u201d CIEC (79 Todor Alexandrov Blvd.)<\/p>\n

              April 8, 2025. \u201eThe Social History of an Epistaxis in the Treatment of an Assyrian Prince from the 7th Century BC.\u201d Center for Academic Research Sofia, 17:00. Organized by the CAR team, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sci. Martin Ivanov, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rumen Avramov<\/p>\n

              November 10, 2023. Traces on Clay: The Cuneiform Heritage. Plovdiv Archaeological Museum.<\/p>\n

              May 20, 2021. BNR, \u201eLost Cities.\u201d Episode 2: The People of the Black Heads \u2013 Education, Medicine, and Magic ((https:\/\/bnr.bg\/hristobotev\/post\/101470323\/izgubenite-gradove-epizod-2-narod-na-chernoglavite-obrazovanie-medicina-i-magii<\/a>)).<\/p>\n

              May 18, 2021. BNR, \u201eLost Cities.\u201d Episode 1: The People of the Black Heads \u2013 Society, Language, and Writing (https:\/\/bnr.bg\/hristobotev\/post\/101469452<\/a>)<\/p>\n

              February 2021. Podcast \u2013 Thin End Of The Wedge, exploring life in the ancient Middle East. Episode 17: Strahil Panayotov: Assyrian Eye Medicine https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/314HnoioqUyG2XhFRqBxXw?si=GIdu6woOQ0K-hyhTpz_RyQ&utm_source=native-share-menu<\/a>)<\/p>\n

              June 20, 2019. \u201eWhat is Cuneiform and How Was It Written (with a hands-on cuneiform writing exercise on clay tablets).\u201d<\/p>\n

              Institute for Historical Research, Section of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

              June 7, 2019. Mediterranean and Eastern Studies, NBU. The Titan Gilgamesh \u2013 Between the Divine and the Human.<\/p>\n

              May 16, 2019. Hall 1, Rectorate of Sofia University \u201eSt. Kliment Ohridski.\u201d The Titan Gilgamesh \u2013 Between the Divine and the Human.<\/p>\n

              March 11, 2019. Participation in the show \u201eArcheoworld,\u201d with a story about Petar Mateev and the cuneiform tablets from Kotel (https:\/\/armymedia.bg\/archives\/150439<\/a>, Military Television Channel.<\/p>\n

              September 2017. BabMed Imagefilm (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zpCwror6Gm0&t=196s<\/a>)<\/p>\n

              March 29, 2016. Bulgarian National Radio.<\/p>\n

              Interview about the destruction of Palmyra, Syria (https:\/\/bnr.bg\/post\/100674715\/asirologiat-strahil-panaiotov-palmira-moje-da-bade-vazstanovena<\/a>)<\/p>\n

              May 15, 2014. Minjongk Medical News, report on a conference about mediation and healing, Wonkwang University, Iksan (in Korean).<\/p>\n

              November 6, 2012. bTV Media Group. Television interview about the history of the Mesopotamian flood and the cuneiform tablets in Kotel, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

              June 4, 2010. UNESCO.int. \u2018Bulgarian museum to display winged solar disc in exhibition of new Thracian findings,\u2019 covering the results of archaeological research in the Yambol region, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

              Preparation of museum collections, exhibitions and other cultural events<\/strong><\/h4>\n

              Publishing Cuneiform artefacts from the museums in Kotel and Plovdiv, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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