9780931464997 - Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography: No. 8 (Mesopotamin Civilization S.) von Horowitz, Wayne (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Befriedigend. 1. Auflage. p. VII-XIV + 410 pages, first edition, orig. hardcover, title and content pages (p. I-VI) missing, beginning with page VII (foreword), half a dozen pencil corrections to margin, else fine; still a nice working copy - - Contents: Foreword, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations and Conventions, Introduction. - Part I: Sources for Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography: 1. The Levels of the Universe: KAR 307 30-38 and AO 8196 iv 20-22. - 2. "The Babylonian Map of the World". - 3. The Flights of Etana and the Eeagle into the Heavens. - 4. The Sargon Geography. - 5. Gilgamesh and the Distant Reaches of the Earth Surface. - 6. Cosmic Geography in Account to Creation. - 7. The Geography of the Sky: The "Astrolabes", Mul-Apin and Related Texts. - 8. BagM. Beih. 2 no. 98 and the Compass Points. - 9. "Seven Heavens and Seven Earths". - - Part II: The Regions of the Universe: 10. Names for Heaven. - 11. The Geography of the Heavens. - 12. Names for Earth. - 13. The Geography of Earth. - - Appendixes. - Indexes: Subject Index, Ancient Texts and Modern Editions, Sumerian and Akkadian Terms, Stars. - Plates.

Gr.-8°, OPb. / orig. hardcover. XIV, 410 S. Ill., graph. Darst. Mesopotamian civilizations; 8. - Einband am Rücken leicht verblichen; ansonsten sehr gut erhalten. - Binding slightly faded on the spine; otherwise in very good condition. ISBN: 0931464994 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

Casebound Hardcover. Personal inscription on half title page. Slight wear on all edges of text. Otherwise VG 410 pp.