Babylonian HoroscopesAmerican Philosophical Society, 1998 - 164 páginas Emerging for the first time in the 5th cent. B.C., horoscopes reflect the application of the idea and practice of celestial divination to the life of the individual. Whereas an omen focuses on a single astronomical phenomenon, the horoscope takes into account the positions of the moon, sun, and five planets at the moment of a birth. As such, Babylonian horoscopes presuppose the concept of the ecliptic and a methodology for obtaining the positions of heavenly bodies when they are not observable. This is the first complete edition of the extant cuneiform horoscopes -- with transcription and philological and astronomical commentary. This study offers a systematic description of the documents as a definable class of Babylonian astronomical/astrological texts. |
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Introduction to the Text Editions | 8 |
Text Indices | 25 |
TEXT EDITIONS | 51 |
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ABSIN Addaru Aquarius Aries astrology astronomical data astronomical texts Babylon Babylonian astronomical Babylonian horoscopes beginning of night birth note Cancer Capricorn celestial divination celestial omens Centaurus child was born Commentary obv computed longitudes Critical Apparatus Cuneiform dele-bat ina diaries Du'ūzu Enlil Enuma Anu Enlil equinox Gemini GENNA ina GÍR.TAB Greek Horoscopes horoscope texts ina ZALÁG Jupiter Kislimu last lunar visibility last visibility late Babylonian LBAT Libra longitude LÚ.TUR a-lid LUGAL lunar eclipse lunar longitude Mars Mercury Mercury's midnight epoch modern computation month moonset after sunrise MUL.APIN MÚL.BABBAR ina MURUB nativity omens negative latitude Neugebauer Nisannu omen series passim phenomena Pingree Pisces planet PM Babylonian positive latitude RÍN Sachs Sachs-Hunger Sagittarius šamáš ina Saturn Scorpius seasonal hour Seleucid Seleucid Era solar eclipse Solar longitude solstice ŠÚ sunset tablet Taurus Tebētu Transcription obv Translation obv uninscribed Uruk Uruk Scheme Venus Virgo zodiacal sign