古代バビロニアの天文学書MUL.APIN（原典・英訳・注釈） The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN (Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World)

Hunger, Hermann/ Steele, John

Routledge（2018/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 246 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138050471
• DDC分類 523.80216

Full Description

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.

Contents

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