Description
Book SynopsisThis volume publishes in full for the first time all known cuneiform manuscripts of an Akkadian calendar treatise composed in Babylon in the Late Babylonian period. Hand-drawn copies of the clay tablets in the British Museum, a composite edition, and a manuscript score, are accompanied by a contextualizing introduction and detailed commentary.
Trade ReviewReynolds should be congratulated, and readers should be pleased, to see this important text finally elucidated in print. * M. Willis Monroe, University of British Columbia, Journal for the History of Astronomy *
Dedicated readers with an interest in the composition or in Late Babylonian priestly scholarship will find the book to be an inspiring treasure trove and the starting point for much further research. * Mathieu Ossendrijver, Bibliotheca Orientalis *
Table of ContentsFrontmatter Bibliographical Abbreviations Selected Conventions INTRODUCTION 1. The calendar treatise and Mesopotamian scholarship 2. Topography: Babylonian cult and warfare 3. Manuscripts of the calendar treatise and the Mu%s=ezib family 4. Language and orthography EDITION Table of manuscripts Previous publications Calendar treatise: composite edition MS A colophon and MS C vi: edition Calendar treatise: manuscript score COMMENTARY § 1 i 1-12: [Nisannu (day x)] § 2 i 1'-7': [Ayaru (day x)] § 3 i 8'-23': Sim=anu § 4 i 24'-35': Du'=uzu § 5 ii 1-3: [Du'=uzu] or [Abu (day x)] § 6 ii 1'-13': [Abu (day x)] § 7 ii 14'-iii 8: [Ul=ulu] § 8 iii 9-15: Ta%sr=itu day 6 § 9 iii 16-26: Ta%sr=itu day 8 § 10 iii 27-30: Ta%sr=itu day 13 § 12 iii 1''-5'': [Kisl=imu (day x)] § 13 iv 1-41: .Teb=etu § 14 iv 1'-12': [Addaru (day x)] Endmatter References General index Selective index of texts and publications CUNEIFORM TEXTS Plates 1-8
