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Zustand: New. The first in an intended series of studies of the canonical corpus of celestial omens, Enuma Anu Enlil. Tablet 63, the Venus tablet, forms the basis of this study. Enuma Anu Enlil is the name by which the series of celestial omens was known to the Babylon.

Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. (2+) 100 pages, first edition, internally fine. - - Table of Contents: Foreword. - 1. Historical Introduction. - - 2. Astronomical Introduction (by David Pingree): The Constellations; Star Catalog. - Astronomical Phenomena; References. - - 3. Philological Introduction (by Erica Reiner): Reconstruction of the Series EAE. - Presentation of the Material. - One the Problems of Transcription. - - 4. The Texts: Introduction (by D. Pingree); Transliteration, Translation and Commentary (by E. Reiner): The Assumed Tablet 50 (Texts I-VIII). - The Assumed Tablet 51 (Text IX-XIV). - Miscellaneous Constellation Texts (VX-XIX). - - Appendix: Astrolabe B, Section A. - - Indices: Glossary. - List of Apodoses. - Museum Numbers of Texts Edited and Cited. - Concordance of Previously Published Texts.

Leiden / Boston, Brill - STYX, 2005. IX,217 pp. Hardcover, d./j. (Cuneiform monographs, 30)This volume presents the edition and translation of first-millennium BC Babylonian omens derived from the appearance and movements of the planet Jupiter. David Pingree's introduction and astronomical commentary shows the extent of the Babylonian scholars' knowledge of astronomical phenomena. [WorldCat].

Rare. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1975. First edition. In-4, Original softcover, a very good copy. Language: English. This book ships from Europe, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (BPF). Relevant subjects: Mesopotamia, Semitic Epigraphy and Languages.