| Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia: Lunar and Planetary Texts Contributor(s): Hunger, Hermann (Author), Sachs, Abraham J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3700130287 ISBN-13: 9783700130284 Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press OUR PRICE: $113.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Social Science | Archaeology - Science | Astronomy |
| Dewey: 520 |
| LCCN: 97169761 |
| Physical Information: 399 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A large volume of tablets, transliterated by Abraham Sachs and Hermann Hunger, of lunar and planetary information dating from the 8th to 1st century BC. The first part examines tablets relating to the moon, especially eclipse reports, the second to the planets and the recurrence of astronomical phenomena. An appendix contains a list of eclipse dates. |
