Rumen Kolev

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The Babylonian Astrolabe: The Calendar of CreationPaperback, 5 July 2013

The Babylonian Astrolabe: The Calendar of Creation
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State Archives of Assyria Studies
Part of Series
State Archives of Assyria
Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
Date Published
5 Jul 2013
ISBN-10
9521013451
ISBN-13
9789521013454

Description

The Babylonian Astrolabe, or "Three Stars Each (Month)," as it was called in antiquity, is an enigmatic document that has been the subject of much controversy and debate ever since its discovery in the 1870s. It comes in two versions, a circular star map divided in three concentric "paths" and 12 month sectors, and a multicolumn text specifying the times of the heliacal risings of the stars and associating them with the main divinities of the Mesopotamian pantheon and the main events of the Mesopotamian cultic year. Both texts were of fundamental importance to Mesopotamian astral sciences, religion, and royal ideology, all of which were ultimately based on the 360-day "perfect year" of the astrolabes.

This is the first full critical edition of all currently known astrolabe texts and a ground-breaking study of their astronomical content, showing that the text as it has come down to us consists of three redactional layers dating from different time periods, the earliest of which is to be dated to prehistoric times (ca. 5000 BCE). The appendixes to the book include 255 first-hand observations of heliacal phases of stars and planets and an appendix explaining in detail the heliacal phases.

Product Details

Author:
Rumen Kolev
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
5 July 2013
Dimensions:
24.89 x 17.53 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
9521013451
ISBN-13:
9789521013454
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Weight:
657.71 gm

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