Babylonian Horoscopes
by Rochberg, Francesca
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- Condition
- VG. light area of discoloration above cover illustrations. light scuffs to back cover. inside cover has inscription & book plate
- ISBN 10
- 0871698811
- ISBN 13
- 9780871698810
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Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1998. Softcover. VG. light area of discoloration above cover illustrations. light scuffs to back cover. inside cover has inscription & book plate; dried, rust-like glue spots from bookplate on title pg. pgs clean.. light blue & white illustrated wraps w/ blue printing. 164 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Interpretations of heavenly phenomena as signs of the future was a Mesopotamian tradition of great antiquity. The practice of Babylonian celestial divination, spanning a period from ca. 1800 B.C. to Hellenistic times, is known in the form of celestial omens portending the life of the king and the stability of the state. Emerging for the first time in the fifth century B.C., horoscopes reflect the application of the ideal and practice of celestial divination to the life of the individual. This is the first complete edition of the extant cuneiform horoscopes--with transcription and philological and astronomical commentary. It is the first study to offer a systematic description of the documents as a definable class of Babylonian astronomical/astrological texts.--Amazon.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
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- 179038
- Title
- Babylonian Horoscopes
- Author
- Rochberg, Francesca
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG. light area of discoloration above cover illustrations. light scuffs to back cover. inside cover has inscription & book plate
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0871698811
- ISBN 13
- 9780871698810
- Publisher
- American Philosophical Society
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- babylonian horoscopes; astrology ; babylonian horoscopes ; ;
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- Archaeology;
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