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title: Incantation Against Impotence Tablet from Hattusa
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9176/incantation-against-impotence-tablet-from-hattusa/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Incantation Against Impotence Tablet from Hattusa

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

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## Image Caption

This clay tablet gives some methods of how to treat sexual impotency. For example: "If a man's potency comes to an end in the month of nisannu, you catch a male partridge, you pluck its wings, strangle it and flatter salt on it; you pound it up together with mountain dadanu plant! You give it to him to drink in [beer](https://www.worldhistory.org/Beer/) and then that man will get potency". "...if ditto: The penis of a male partridge, the saliva of a bull with an erection, the saliva of a sheep with an erection, the saliva of a goat with an erection. You give \[these to\] him to drink in water. Then wrap up in hair from the tail and wool from the perineum of a sheep and put it at his thigh and then he will get potency". 13th century BCE, from Hattusa (Bogazkoy), in modern-day [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/). (Museum of [Archaeology](https://www.worldhistory.org/Archaeology/), Istanbul, Turkey).

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2018, September 03). Incantation Against Impotence Tablet from Hattusa. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9176/incantation-against-impotence-tablet-from-hattusa/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Incantation Against Impotence Tablet from Hattusa." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 03, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9176/incantation-against-impotence-tablet-from-hattusa/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Incantation Against Impotence Tablet from Hattusa." *World History Encyclopedia*, 03 Sep 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9176/incantation-against-impotence-tablet-from-hattusa/>.

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