Abstract
The Astronomical Diaries are a unique corpus of documents from Babylon containing daily observations of celestial and terrestrial phenomena in the last half
millennium before the common era. They provide direct information on how Babylonian scholars conducted scientific research and viewed political, economic, and religious events of their time—in other words, how they experienced their era. The book under review is a good introduction to this corpus.
millennium before the common era. They provide direct information on how Babylonian scholars conducted scientific research and viewed political, economic, and religious events of their time—in other words, how they experienced their era. The book under review is a good introduction to this corpus.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 975-981 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Oriental Society |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 14 Dec 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Book review article of: Keeping Watch in Babylon. The Astronomical Diaries in Context. Edited by Johannes Haubold, John Steele, and Kathryn Stevens. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill, 2019Keywords
- astronomy
- Ancient History
- Babylonia
- astronomical diaries
- cuneiform
- Historiography