The scaffolding of our thoughts : essays on Assyriology and the history of science in honor of Francesca Rochberg /

The scaffolding of our thoughts : essays on Assyriology and the history of science in honor of Francesca Rochberg /

Francesca Rochberg has for more than thirty-five years been a leading figure in the study of ancient science. Her foundational insights on the concepts of "science," "canon," "celestial divination," "knowledge," "gods," and "nature" in cune...

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Other Authors: Crisostomo, C. Jay., Escobar, Eduardo A., Tanaka, Terri., Veldhuis, Niek., Rochberg, Francesca, 1952-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Ancient Magic and Divination 13.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.

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Science, Ancient.
Assyriology.
Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.

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Call Number: Q124.95

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Where Next for "Ancient Science"? /
  • G.E.R. Lloyd
  • Crow Omens in Mesopotamia /
  • Ann Kessler Guinan
  • Old Signs in New Dress? On the Meaning of Inanna's Symbol as Sign and "Presence" in Early Babylonian Divination /
  • Abraham Winitzer
  • Material, Constellation, Image, God: The Fate of the Chosen Bull According to kar 50 and Duplicates /
  • Alan Lenzi
  • A Late Babylonian Compilation Concerning Ritual Timing and Materia Medica /
  • Matthew Rutz
  • bm 40187: A Birthnote for Two Named Individuals /
  • M. Willis Monroe
  • Converging Fortunes-Links between Celestial and Intestinal Divination /
  • Ulla Koch
  • Sumerian Divination /
  • C. Jay Crisostomo
  • The Form and History of a Babylonian Prayer to Nabû /
  • Tzvi Abusch
  • Translation in The Elevation of Ištar /
  • Niek Veldhuis
  • Judean Scribalism, Documentary Epistemology, and the Name ישׂראל /
  • Jeffrey L. Cooley
  • Dating eae. When was the Astrological Series Enūma Anu Ellil Created? /
  • Nils P. Heeßel
  • Bricoleurs in Babylonia: The Scribes of Enūma Anu Enlil /
  • Eduardo A. Escobar and Laurie E. Pearce
  • The Date of the Accession of Nabonidus to the Throne of Babylon: A Reappraisal of the Evidence /
  • Grant Frame
  • Intercalary Months in Achaemenid Elamite Administrative Documents from Persepolis /
  • Matthew W. Stolper
  • The Importance of Experts: Agents in the Transfer of Astral Knowledge between Hellenistic Mesopotamia and the Greek-speaking World /
  • Zoë Misiewicz
  • Diodorus on the Chaldeans /
  • Alexander Jones and John Steele
  • Observing Eclipses: An Optical Question in Problemata 15.11 /
  • Alan C. Bowen
  • Chaldeans on the Nile: Two Egyptian Astronomical Procedure Texts with Babylonian Systems A1 and A2 for Mercury /
  • Mathieu Ossendrijver and Andreas Winkler
  • Clever Machines and the Gods Who Make Them /
  • Daryn Lehoux.