| Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Four Contributor(s): Reiner, Erica (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004142126 ISBN-13: 9789004142121 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $278.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: This volume presents the edition and translation of first-millennium BC Babylonian omens derived from the appearance and movements of the planet Jupiter. David Pingree's introduction and astronomical commentary shows the extent of the Babylonian scholars' knowledge of astronomical phenomena. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Arabic - History | Ancient - General - Architecture | Interior Design - General |
| Dewey: 492.1 |
| LCCN: 76371301 |
| Series: Cuneiform Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.5" W x 9.54" (1.24 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume presents an edition of first-millennium BC Babylonian cuneiform texts that comprise Chapters 64 and 65 of the compendium of celestial omen texts dealing with the appearance and movements of the planet Jupiter. All are accompanied by an English translation. David Pingree has again provided an extensive introduction and astronomical commentary, in which he discusses the astronomical plausibility of the phenomena that are described in the omens. The textual material and its astronomical interpretation throws light on the extent of the Babylonian scholars' knowledge of astronomy and furnishes another argument in the debate about observation versus scribal tradition in the description of these phenomena. |