UID:
almahu_9949383678602882
Format:
1 online resource (vi, 245 pages)
ISBN:
9781315168722
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1315168723
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9781351686822
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1351686828
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9781351686815
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135168681X
Series Statement:
Scientific writings from the ancient and Medieval world
Content:
About the MUL. APIN: astronomical data and lists of stars, from ancient Mesopotamia.
Content:
"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."--
Note:
Structure and content of MUL. APIN -- Basic concepts and methods -- The place of MUL. APIN within Babylonian astral science -- Date and place of composition -- Edition -- Table of sources -- Description of sources -- Concordance of museum numbers -- Concordance of previously published tablets -- Tablet I -- Tablet II -- Colophons -- Philological notes -- Composite text and translation -- Commentary.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hunger, Hermann, 1942- Babylonian astronomical compendium MUL. APIN. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 ISBN 9781138050471
Language:
English
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https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315168722
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315168722
