The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium Mul.Apin by John Steele, Hermann Hunger

The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium Mul.Apin

Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World

John Steele, Hermann Hunger

246 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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MUL.APIN, written sometime before the 8th century BC, was the most widely copied astronomical text in ancient Mesopotamia: a compendium including information such as star lists, descriptions of planetary phases, mathematical schemes for the length...

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