Babylonian Planetary Omens: The Venus Tablet (Bibliotheca Mesopotamica) - Softcover

Pingree, David; Reiner, Erica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890030103 ISBN 13: 9780890030103

Publisher: Undena Pubns, 1975

Synopsis

This third fascicle of Babylonian Planetary Omens contains the edition of all cuneiform texts dealing with the planet Venus known to us. Most of these tablets are kept in the British Museum; the large number of unpublished texts were transliterated and the previously published texts were checked and collated from the originals. The texts are accompanied by translations, and each group of texts is commented upon by David Pingree from the point of view of the text history and astronomical significance. A general introduction, also by David Pingree, analyzes the descriptions of Venus that occur in the texts in terms of astronomical phenomena. Indices are included to facilitate the study of this large corpus.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Undena Pubns
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0890030103
• ISBN 13: 9780890030103
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 65