The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN

Hermann Hunger, John Steele (Brown University, USA)

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Routledge
30 September 2020

Classical history & classical civilisation; History of science; Galaxies & stars

Series: Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World

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.

By: Hermann Hunger, John Steele (Brown University, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367666187
ISBN 10: 0367666189
Series: Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 30 September 2020
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Edition; Table of sources; Description of sources; Concordance of museum numbers; Concordance of previously published tablets; Tablet I; Table II; Colophons; Philological Notes; Composite Text and Translation; Commentary; Plates; Bibliography; Indices; Index of words and names; Subject index

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.

Reviews for The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN

"""MUL.APIN is the earliest surviving general work on astronomy in which a wide range of theoretical and practical information relating to the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets is presented. Hermann Hunger and John Steele have done us all an immense service in providing this up-to-date edition and accessible, yet accurate translation of a document of central importance for our understanding of the history of Mesopotamian astronomy, and more broadly of all pre-telescopic astronomy."" - Alexander Jones, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, USA"