ISBN10: 0931464994, ISBN13: 9780931464997, [publisher: Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Indiana] Hardcover First Edition XIV + 410 pages, first edition, orig. hardcover (see photo), internally excellent. - - Contents: Foreword, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations and Conventions, Introduction. - Part I: Sources for Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography: 1. The Levels of the Universe: KAR 307 30-38 and AO 8196 iv 20-22. - 2. "The Babylonian Map of the World". - 3. The Flights of Etana and the Eeagle into the Heavens. - 4. The Sargon Geography. - 5. Gilgamesh and the Distant Reaches of the Earth Surface. - 6. Cosmic Geography in Account to Creation. - 7. The Geography of the Sky: The "Astrolabes", Mul-Apin and Related Texts. - 8. BagM. Beih. 2 no. 98 and the Compass Points. - 9. "Seven Heavens and Seven Earths". - - Part II: The Regions of the Universe: 10. Names for Heaven. - 11. The Geography of the Heavens. - 12. Names for Earth. - 13. The Geography of Earth. - - Appendixes. - Indexes: Subject Index, Ancient Texts and Modern Editions, Sumerian and Akkadian Terms, Stars. - Plates.
[Rostock, Germany] [Publication Year: 1998]
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