UID:
almahu_9949865578102882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781351686815
,
135168681X
,
9781351686822
,
1351686828
,
9781351686808
,
1351686801
,
9781315168722
,
1315168723
Series Statement:
Scientific writings from the ancient and Medieval world
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:
The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL. APIN- Front Cover -- The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL. APIN -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 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 -- I i 1 -- I ii 35 -- I ii 36 -- I iii 12 -- I iii 13 -- I iii 33 -- I iii 34 -- I iii 48 -- I iii 49 -- I iii 50 -- I iv 1 -- I iv 9 -- I iv 10 -- I iv 30 -- I iv 31 -- I iv 39 -- II i 1 -- II i 8 -- II i 9 -- II i 21 -- II i 22 -- II i 24 -- II i 25 -- II i 37 -- II i 38 -- II i 67 -- II i 68 -- II i 71 -- II Gap A 1 -- II Gap A 7 -- II Gap A 8 -- II ii 6 -- II ii 7 -- II ii 8 -- II ii 9 -- II ii 17 -- II ii 18 -- II ii 20 -- II ii 21 -- II ii 42 -- II ii 43 -- II iii 15 -- II iii 12 -- II iv 12 -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Index of words and names -- Subject index.
Additional Edition:
Online version: Hunger, Hermann, 1942- Babylonian astronomical compendium MUL. APIN. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 ISBN 9781315168722
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hunger, Hermann, 1942- Babylonian astronomical compendium MUL. APIN. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 ISBN 9781138050471
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1138050474
Language:
English
Keywords:
Catalogs
DOI:
10.4324/9781315168722
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315168722
