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The beginnings of written science have long been associated with classical Greece. Yet in ancient Mesopotamia, highly-sophisticated scientific works in cuneiform script were in active use while Greek civilization flourished in the West. The subject of this volume is the astronomical series MUL.APIN, which can be dated to the seventh century BCE and which represents the crowning achievement of traditional Mesopotamian observational astronomy. Writing Science before the Greeks explores this early text from the perspective of modern cognitive science in an effort to articulate the processes underlying its composition. The analysis suggests that writing itself, through the cumulative recording of observations, played a role in the evolution of scientific thought. 'All in all, the authors should be congratulated for this groundbreaking study. Apart from significant new insights into MUL.APIN it has opened up a new avenue for research on ancient scientific texts that is likely to yield further interesting results, particularly if the cognitive analysis is combined with other approaches.' Mathieu Ossendrijver, Humboldt University

Astronomy, Assyro-Babylonian. --- Astronomie assyrio-babylonienne --- Akkadien (langue) --- Akkadian language --- Akkadian language. --- Akkadian language -- Texts. --- Astronomy, Assyro-Babylonian --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astronomy - General --- Assyro-Babylonian astronomy --- Babylonian astronomy --- Chaldean astronomy

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Assyro-Babylonian letters --- Akkadian language --- Texts --- -Accadian language --- Assyrian language --- Assyro-Babylonian language --- Babylonian language --- Semitic languages --- Akkadian letters --- Assyro-Babylonian literature --- Assyro-Babylonian letters. --- Texts. --- -Texts --- Akkadian language - Texts --- Akkadian language.

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Assyro-Babylonian letters --- Akkadian language --- Texts --- -Assyro-Babylonian letters --- Akkadian letters --- Assyro-Babylonian literature --- Accadian language --- Assyrian language --- Assyro-Babylonian language --- Babylonian language --- Semitic languages --- Assyro-Babylonian letters. --- Texts. --- Akkadian language - Texts

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The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704-681 BC), Part 1 (Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period 3/1) provides reliable, up-to-date editions of thirty-eight historical inscriptions of Sennacherib. The texts edited in RINAP 3/1, which comprise approximately a sixth of the Sennacherib known corpus of inscriptions, were inscribed on clay cylinders, clay prisms, stone tablets, and stone steles from Nineveh; describe his many victories on the battlefield; and record numerous construction projects at Nineveh, including the city's walls and the "Palace Without a Rival." Each text edition (with its English translation) is supplied with a brief introduction containing general information, a catalogue containing basic information about all exemplars, a commentary containing further technical information and notes, and a comprehensive bibliography.RINAP 3/1 also includes: (1) a general introduction to the reign of Sennacherib, his military campaigns, his building activities at Nineveh, the corpus of inscriptions, previous studies, and dating and chronology; (2) translations of the relevant passages of several Mesopotamian chronicles and kinglists; (3) several photographs of objects inscribed with texts of Sennacherib; (4) indices of museum and excavation numbers and selected publications; and (5) indices of proper names (Personal Names; Geographic, Ethnic, and Tribal Names; Divine, Planet, and Star Names; Gate, Palace, Temple, and Wall Names; and Object Names).The RINAP Project is under the direction of G. Frame (University of Pennsylvania) and is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian. --- Akkadian language --- Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes --- Akkadien (Langue) --- Texts. --- Textes --- Sennacherib, --- Assyria --- Assyrie --- History --- Sources --- Kings and rulers. --- Histoire --- Rois et souverains --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian --- Kings and rulers --- Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes --- Sources. --- Akkadian cuneiform inscriptions --- Sanherib, --- Assur (Kingdom) --- Asshur (Kingdom) --- Akkadian language - Texts --- Sennacherib, - King of Assyria, - d. 681 B.C. --- Assyria - History - Sources --- Assyria - Kings and rulers

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This volume continues the publication of the important Mesopotamian omen collection Shumma Alu, with text editions of Tablets 41 through 63. After the omen texts dealing with the examination of entrails of sacrifical animals and the omens dealing with astrological phenomena, this collection ranks as next in importance. This book thus constitutes the presentation of a primary edition of an important portion of ancient Mesopotamian religious and social literature.‹/p›The first two volumes of this publication appeared in 1998 and 2006 and are still in print and available from Eisenbrauns.

Akkadian language --- Omens --- Akkadien (Langue) --- Présages --- Texts --- Textes --- Omens. --- Portents --- Prodigies (Omens) --- Signs (Omens) --- Superstition --- Signs and symbols --- Assyro-Babylonian literature. --- Akkadian language. --- Assyro-Babylonian literature --- Akkadian literature --- Babylonian literature --- Accadian language --- Assyrian language --- Assyro-Babylonian language --- Babylonian language --- Semitic languages --- Akkadian language - Texts