Babylonian planetary omens, part 4.9004142126 Babylonian planetary omens, part 4. Reiner, Erica. Brill Academic Publishers 2005 217 pages $213.00 Hardcover Cuneiform cuneiform (ky  nē`ĭfôrm) [Lat.,=wedge-shaped], system of writing developed before the last centuries of the 4th millennium B.C. monographs; 30
PJ3921 Continuing her Roman-script transcription and English translation of all of the known Babylonian celestial omen texts, Reiner (emerita e·mer·i·ta adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement. Used of a woman: a professor emerita. n. pl. , Oriental Institute Oriental Institute is a name given to a number of institutions of higher education throughout the world that are engaged in the study of Asian culture, languages and history. ) here presents those dealing with Jupiter. They are presented in 13 groups, falling into larger sections on Jupiter with planets and constellations, Jupiter and the luminaries, other Jupiter omens, and heterogeneous tablets. David Pingree David Edwin Pingree (January 2, 1933 - November 11, 2005), late University Professor and Professor of History of Mathematics and Classics at Brown University, was one of America's foremost historians of the exact sciences in antiquity. (history of mathematics, Brown U.) provides the analysis and astronomical interpretation of the phenomena listed. The data offers source material for studies of Babylonian culture and history, and for studies of archao-astronomy. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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