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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.
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.
A large volume of tablets, transliterated by Abraham Sachs and
Hermann Hunger, of lunar and planetary information dating from the
8th to 1st century BC. The first part examines tablets relating to
the moon, especially eclipse reports, the second to the planets and
the recurrence of astronomical phenomena. An appendix contains a
list of eclipse dates.
The archive of el-Lahun, the most important temple-archive before
the Greek-Roman Period, dates from the second half of the 12th
dynasty. The find is divided in two parts that were found ten years
apart in 1889/90 and 1899. The first part is now in the Petrie
Museum London, the second one almost completely in the Berlin
Museum. The London papyri are said to have come from el-Lahun,
while the second find's origin was determined with almost complete
certainy in a survey in 1899. The Berlin find concentrates fully on
the process of the mortuary cult of the king Sesostris II while the
London papyri comprise items of a more individual character like
legal documents household lists, contracts, even literary pieces.
The Berlin find comprises documents of the daily cult in the
mortuary temple of the King such as letters, temple-diaries, supply
and festival lists. The significance of the Berlin part is made
even greater by the fact that the date of the Heliacal Rise of
Sirius is recorded in the temple-diary of the 7th year of King
Sesostris III.
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