Babylonian Planetary Omens Part I: The Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa (Bibliotheca Mesopotamica)

by Erica Reiner and David Pingree

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The first in an intended series of studies of the canonical corpus of celestial omens, Enuma Anu Enlil. Tablet 63, the 'Venus' tablet, forms the basis of this study. Enuma Anu Enlil is the name by which the series of celestial omens was known to the Babylonians.


The canonical corpus of celestial omens was divided by the ancient Babylonian scribes into about 70 tablets. Tablet 63 is of special interest to historians concerned with the chronology of the First Babylonian Dynasty.
  • ISBN13 9780890030103
  • Publish Date 31 December 1975
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Undena Publications,U.S.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 64
  • Language English