Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia: Lunar and Planetary Texts - Hardcover

by Hermann Hunger (Author), Abraham J. Sachs (Author)

A large volume of tablets, transliterated by Abraham Sachs and Hermann Hunger, of lunar and planetary information dating from the 8th to 1st century BC. The first part examines tablets relating to the moon, especially eclipse reports, the second to the planets and the recurrence of astronomical phenomena. An appendix contains a list of eclipse dates.