An edition of Mesopotamian cosmic geography
(1986)
Mesopotamian cosmic geography
by Wayne Horowitz
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Part I: Sources for Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography
1. The Levels of the Universe: KAR 307 30-38 and AO 8196 iv 20-223
2. "The Babylonian Map of the World"20
3. The Flights of Etana and the Eagle into the Heavens43
4. The Sargon Geography67
5. Gilgamesh and the Distant Reaches of the Earth's Surface 96
6. Cosmic Geography in Accounts of Creation 107
7. The Geography of the Sky: The "Astrolabes', Mul-Apin, and Related Texts150
8. BagM. Beih. 2 no. 98 and the Compass Points193
9. "Seven Heavens and Seven Earths"208
Part II: The Regions of the Universe
Names for Heaven223
11. The Geography of the Heavens243
12. Names for Earth268
13. The Geography of Earth318
Appendixes363
Indexes369
Subject Index369
Ancient Texts and Modern Editions382
Sumerian and Akkadian Terms391
Stars3 9 7
Plates399.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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