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 planet
Offers a comprehensive account of the origins of astronomy and astrology in the Ancient Near East. Presents Sumerian and Akkadian texts dealing with descriptive or mathematical astronomy, describing a
Almost an encyclopedia as well as an Akkadian-English dictionary, the work presents each word in a meaningful context, usually with a full and idiomatic translation to recreate the cultural milieu. Ta
Work on the T volume began in 1984, and was declared closed as of 1995, with no citations or references published after then being included. Among the words cited are some for which there is broad agr
