- PII
- S0321-03910000338-7-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S10000338-7-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume 77 / Issue 4 (77)
- Pages
- 817-839
- Abstract
- The paper deals with the earliest known cuneiform texts (mainly of the 1st half of the 2nd millennium BC), containing Sumerian and Akkadian constellation names. These texts make it possible to reconstruct some circumstances related to the origin and early history of constellations in Ancient Mesopotamia.
- Keywords
- Sumerian constellations, Akkadian constellations, origin of constellations, Ancient Mesopotamia
- Date of publication
- 01.10.2017
- Year of publication
- 2017
- Number of purchasers
- 4
- Views
- 583
RAS History & PhilologyВестник древней истории Vestnik drevney istorii
- ISSN (Print) 0321-0391
- ISSN (Online) 3034-5251
CONSTELLATION NAMES IN MESOPOTAMIAN SOURCES OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BC AND THE PROBLEM OF THE ORIGIN OF CONSTELLATIONS
Индексирование
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At the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Scientific Electronic Library