Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia: Lunar and Planetary Texts

Contributor(s): Hunger, Hermann (Author), Sachs, Abraham J (Author)

ISBN: 9783700130284

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Hardcover

$88.00

Pub Date: December 31, 2001

Dewey: 520

LCCN: 97169761

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 399 pages

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Description: 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.