The Sun at Night and the Doors of Heaven in Babylonian Texts

Heimpel, Wolfgang

doi:10.2307/1359796

Cited by 39 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…11∞-18∞ has already been translated by W. G. Lambert (1990: 126). (Heimpel 1986: 132-40, Horowitz 1998. It otherwise occurs in two protases of the astrological omen tablet VAT 9436 ( Weidner 1941-4 pl.…”

Section: Nomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…24'. The expression handuh same "latch of heaven" alludes to the ancient notion that passage of the celestial bodies across the sky was guarded by bolted gates (Heimpel 1986: 132-40, Horowitz 1998: 266-7). It otherwise occurs in two protases of the astrological omen tablet VAT 9436 (Weidner 1941-4 pi.…”

Section: No 6 Zu-buru-dabbeda II E (K 3270+ / / 8123 Iii) Figs 2-3mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Dogs of Ninkilim, part two: Babylonian rituals to counter field pests

George¹,

Taniguchi²,

Geller³

2010

Iraq

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article presents editions of all the extant Babylonian incantations against field pests. The sources date to the first millennium BC and many have not been published before. They are mostly tablets of the Neo-Assyrian period, from Ashurbanipal's library at Nineveh, but the corpus also contains some Neo-Babylonian fragments from Nineveh, as well as a tablet from Sultantepe (ancient Huzirina) and two Late Babylonian tablets from southern Mesopotamia. Some of the pieces certainly belong to a series called in antiquity Zu-buru-dabbeda “To Seize the Locust-Tooth”, a compendium of incantations and rituals designed to combat by magic means the destruction of crops by locusts, insect larvae and other pests; other pieces are parts of related and similar texts. Some of the rituals require the observation of the Goat-star rising above the eastern horizon, which suggests they were performed at night as a precautionary measure during the winter months of the barley-growing season.

show abstract

Section: Nomentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: No 6 Zu-buru-dabbeda II E (K 3270+ / / 8123 Iii) Figs 2-3mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Dogs of Ninkilim, part two: Babylonian rituals to counter field pests

George¹,

Taniguchi²,

Geller³

2010

Iraq

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Jacobsen 1976, 124: má-gur 8 -kù-an-na "pure heavenly boat" (from: SJöberg 1960, 44 v. 1); cf. Heimpel 1989, 250 (da: Sjöberg 1960: lugal má-gur 8 -kù an-na diri-ga) "king, the pure gondola that drifts in the sky". 215 Cf., for the sake of imagery, Thesiger 1967, tables 19, 23, 32-35, 39 et passim.…”

Section: Attis As Demiurge-the Cosmic Dancementioning

confidence: 99%

Antecedents in the Cuneiform Literature of the Attis Tradition in Late Antiquity

Mander¹

2001

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…With the use of a gnomon, measurements are given for the relative lengths of days and nights throughout the year. While thought to be a source text for Enoch, MUL.APIN never mentions heavenly "gates" (which are only known from Akkadian non-astronomical literary texts; see Heimpel 1986); moreover, the system of intercalation in MUL.APIN was already long passé by the time Enoch was composed, since it had been replaced by the more accurate nineteenyear lunar cycle reckoning. In any case, MUL.APIN does not represent technical mathematical astronomy typical of the Persian and Hellenistic periods in Babylonia.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Debunking Ancient Jewish Science

Geller¹

2021

JAOS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A recently published collection of articles focuses upon a relatively small group of texts dealing mainly with astronomical calculations and omens as well as physiognomic omens, attempting to use these as a basis for reconstructing ancient Jewish science in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. The present review raises questions regarding the aims and methods employed, offering an alternative suggestion for the transfer of technical knowledge from Babylonia to ancient Palestine. This is a review article of Ancient Jewish Sciences and the History of Knowledge in Second Temple Literature. Edited by Jonathan Ben-Dov and seth sanDers. New York: new York UniversitY Press and institUte For the stUDY oF the ancient worlD, 2014. Pp. 275. $55. This article reflects work carried out under the Bab Med Advanced Grant Project.

show abstract

The Sun at Night and the Doors of Heaven in Babylonian Texts

Cited by 39 publications

References 0 publications

The Dogs of Ninkilim, part two: Babylonian rituals to counter field pests

The Dogs of Ninkilim, part two: Babylonian rituals to counter field pests

Antecedents in the Cuneiform Literature of the Attis Tradition in Late Antiquity

Debunking Ancient Jewish Science

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About