The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN (Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World) - Hardcover

Hunger, Hermann; Steele, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138050474 ISBN 13: 9781138050471

Verlag: Routledge, 2018

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MUL.APIN, written sometime before the 8th century BC, was the most widely copied astronomical text in ancient Mesopotamia: a compendium including information such as star lists, descriptions of planetary phases, mathematical schemes for the length of day and night, a discussion of the luni-solar calendar and rules for intercalation, and a short collection of celestial omens. This book contains an introductory essay, followed by a new edition of the text and a facing-page transliteration and English translation. Finally, the book contains a new and detailed commentary on the text. This is a fascinating study, and an important resource for anyone interested in the history of astronomy.

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Hermann Hunger is Emeritus Professor of Assyriology at the University of Vienna, Austria.

John Steele is Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity in the Department of Egyptology and Assyriology at Brown University, USA.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1138050474
• ISBN 13: 9781138050471
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 246
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