On Babylonian Astronomy I. The Venus Tablets of Ammiṣaduqa

1. The Astrological Series <i>Enuma Anu Enlil</i> — 2. The Date of Ḫammurapi — 3. The Rising and Setting of Venus — 4. Proposed Sets of Years for Ammiṣaduqa — 5. Improved Tablets for Heliacal Rising and Setting of Planets — 6. Berossos’ List of Kings — 7. Text Dates Compared with Modern...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: van der Waerden, B. L.
Format: Print Article
In:JEOL
Year: 1945, Volume: 10, Pages: 414-24
KeiBi Identifier:11:204
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Summary:1. The Astrological Series <i>Enuma Anu Enlil</i> — 2. The Date of Ḫammurapi — 3. The Rising and Setting of Venus — 4. Proposed Sets of Years for Ammiṣaduqa — 5. Improved Tablets for Heliacal Rising and Setting of Planets — 6. Berossos’ List of Kings — 7. Text Dates Compared with Modern Calculation — 8. Temperature and Harvest in Old-Babylonian Times — 9. Climate through the Ages — 10. A Primitive Calculation of Venus Phenomena.