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" The Babylonian astronomical compendium MUL.APIN / "
Hermann Hunger and John Steele.
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BL
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841171
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Hunger, Hermann,1942-
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The Babylonian astronomical compendium MUL.APIN /\ Hermann Hunger and John Steele.
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Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY :: Routledge,, 2019.
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, ©2019
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Scientific writings from the ancient and Medieval world
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1 online resource (vi, 245 pages)
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1315168723
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: 135168681X
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: 1351686828
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: 9781315168722
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: 9781351686815
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: 9781351686822
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1351686801
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9781138050471
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9781351686808
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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"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."--
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About the MUL. APIN: astronomical data and lists of stars, from ancient Mesopotamia.
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Astronomy, Ancient.
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Astronomy, Assyro-Babylonian.
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Stars, Catalogs.
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Astronomy, Ancient.
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Astronomy, Assyro-Babylonian.
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SCIENCE-- Astronomy.
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Stars.
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523.802/16
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QB19.H8625 2019
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Steele, John M.
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MULAPIN
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