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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Titre(s) : Keeping watch in Babylon [Texte imprimé] : the astronomical diaries in context / edited by Johannes Haubold, John Steele, Kathryn Stevens
Publication : Leiden : Brill, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : vi, 315 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Collection : Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; volume 100
Lien à la collection : Culture and history of the ancient Near East
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes
This volume of collected essays, the first of its kind in any language, investigates
the Astronomical Diaries from ancient Babylon, a collection of almost 1000 clay tablets
which, over a period of some five hundred years (6th century to 1st century BCE),
record observations of selected astronomical phenomena as well as the economy and
history of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions. The volume asks who the scholars were,
what motivated them to 'keep watch in Babylon' and how their approach changed in the
course of the collection's long history. Contributors come from a range of disciplinary
backgrounds, including Assyriology, Classics, ancient history, the history of science
and the history of religion
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Haubold, Johannes. Éditeur scientifique
Steele, John M.. Éditeur scientifique
Stevens, Kathryn (1986-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Astronomie assyro-babylonienne
Astronomie antique
Indice(s) Dewey :
520.935 (23e éd.) = Astronomie et sciences connexes - Monde antique - Mésopotamie et plateau iranien
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789004397750. - ISBN 9004397752. - ISBN 9789004397767 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb457733262
Notice n° :
FRBNF45773326
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The early history of the astronomical diaries / John Steele ; Babylonian market
predictions / Mathieu Ossendrijver ; Logging history in Achaemenid, Hellenistic and
Parthian Babylonia : historical entries in dated astronomical diaries / Christopher
Tuplin ; Who wrote the Babylonian astronomical diaries? / Eleanor Robson ; The astronomical
diaries and religion in Seleucid and Parthian Babylon : the case of the prophet of
Nanaya / Lucinda Dirven ; The museum context of the astronomical diaries / Reinhard
Pirngruber ; From Babylon to Batar : the geography of the astronomical diaries /
Kathryn Stevens ; Royal presence in the astronomical diaries / Marijn Visscher ;
History and historiography in the early Parthian diaries / Johannes Haubold ; The
relationship between Greco-Macedonian citizens and the "Council of Elders" in the
Arsacid period : new evidence from astronomical diary BM 35269 + 35347 + 35358 294
/ Yasuyuki Mitsuma.
