Mesopotamian cosmic geography
By: Wayne Horowitz.
Series: Mesopotamian civilizations ;; [8]
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Cosmology, Babylonian.; Cosmology, Sumerian.; Akkadian language -- Texts.; Sumerian language -- Texts.
Genres: Texts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I: Sources for Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography; title: 1. The Levels of the Universe: KAR 307 30-38 and AO 8196 iv 20-223; title: 2. "The Babylonian Map of the World"20; title: 3. The Flights of Etana and the Eagle into the Heavens43; title: 4. The Sargon Geography67; title: 5. Gilgamesh and the Distant Reaches of the Earth's Surface 96; title: 6. Cosmic Geography in Accounts of Creation 107; title: 7. The Geography of the Sky: The "Astrolabes', Mul-Apin, and Related Texts150; title: 8. BagM. Beih. 2 no. 98 and the Compass Points193; title: 9. "Seven Heavens and Seven Earths"208; title: Part II: The Regions of the Universe; title: Names for Heaven223; title: 11. The Geography of the Heavens243; title: 12. Names for Earth268; title: 13. The Geography of Earth318; title: Appendixes363; title: Indexes369; title: Subject Index369; title: Ancient Texts and Modern Editions382; title: Sumerian and Akkadian Terms391; title: Stars3 9 7; title: Plates399.