Figure 1. Tablet 26 of a series of 40 which compose the ancient Babylonian diagnostic manual entitled Sakikku which translates to "all diseases".

Sakikku is organized into six chapters and tablet 26 is the first in the chapter about epilepsy. It describes the symptoms of epilepsy and the different types of epileptic presentations [5].

Tablet BM47753. Neo-Babylonian Period. Courtesy of the British Museum, London.