Astronomy and culture in Late Babylonian Uruk†
Abstract
This article presents three case studies of the role of astronomy within the culture of Late Babylonian Uruk. I argue that in order to fully understand Babylonian astronomy it is necessary to combine technical study of astronomical cuneiform texts with wider cultural study of Babylonian scholarship, archival practice and society.
- Publication:
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Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy: Building Bridges between Cultures.
- Pub Date:
- 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921311012774
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..278..331S