The Earliest History of the Constellations in the Near East and the Motif of the Lion-Bull Combat
I. The Problem; II. The Theory; III. The Sphere of the Fixed Stars in 4000 B.C.; IV. Conjunction versus Heliacal Rising; V. The Ancient Calendars; VI. Conditions for First and Last Visibility; VII. The Constellation of the Bull (<i>Taurus</i>) and the <i>Pleiades</i>; VIII. &...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| In: | JNES Year: 1965, Volume: 24, Pages: 1-16, pl. I-XVI (= 40 fig.), 3 diagrams |
| KeiBi Identifier: | 27:431 |
| Summary: | I. The Problem; II. The Theory; III. The Sphere of the Fixed Stars in 4000 B.C.; IV. Conjunction versus Heliacal Rising; V. The Ancient Calendars; VI. Conditions for First and Last Visibility; VII. The Constellation of the Bull (<i>Taurus</i>) and the <i>Pleiades</i>; VIII. <i>Aquarius</i>, the Ibex, the Mouflon and the Stag; the Eagle and the Sacred Tree; IX. The Motifs of the Sumerian Gaming-board. The Constellation of the Goat (uza, <i>enzu</i>); X. The Symbol in the Horns of the Ibex and Mouflon, and the Constellation 1-<i>ikû</i>; XI. The Accuracy Test; XII. The Lion-Bull and the Lion-Stag Combats. |
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