Three More Duplicates to Astrolabe b

Year 1984, Volume: 48 Issue: 191-192, 399 - 416, 20.10.1984

G. Çağırgan

Abstract

While the present author had been studying under the supervision of Prof. W.G. Lambert, in Birmingham, in order to get his Ph. D., he was kindly informed by him that there were three more duplicates of so-called Astrolabe B in the collections of the British Museum. The present edition of the text is based of four different sources. The published text consists of bilingual comments, in Sumerian and Akkadian, on twelve months, their relations with stars, myths, agricultural life and social activities of the Ancient Mesopotamians. The relevant tablets disagree in line divisions, so the present arrangement is a new one to make the content more understandable. One Sumerian line, 29 - 30, is also rearranged according to its Akkadian translation.

Keywords

Astrolabe B, British Museum, Sumer, Akkadian Empire, Mesopotamia