The Historical Sections of the Astronomical Diaries in Context

Developments in A Late Babylonian Scientific Text Corpus

Datos Bibliográficos

ID24075136
AutoresReinhard Pirngruber (University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen75
Páginas197-210
Fecha de publicación2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIraq (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-0889 • E-ISSN: 2053-4744
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021088900000462
OpenAlexW2061342748
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas14

The article addresses developments within the Astronomical Diaries, as regards their formal structure and the content of their historical sections, with a particular emphasis on ominous references. Although both the total number and length of historical sections increased significantly over time, the number of ominous references declined. A relationship can be posited between this development and on-going changes in the prevailing scientific worldview in first millennium B.C. Babylonia. The Diaries were deeply embedded in Babylonian traditions of knowledge production, rendering untenable assessments that deny any impact of Babylonian science of divination on them; at the same time, a characterization of the Diaries as a kind of database for diviners falls equally short.

Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology) · Divination · Literature · Rendering (computer graphics) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Classics · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History