From the Banks of the Euphrates: Studies in Honor of Alice Louise Slotsky

332 Pages·2008·17 MB·English

by  Micah Ross (editor)

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FROM THE BANKS OF THE EUPHRATES
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List of Contributors
Lis Brack-Bernsen
John P. Britton
Leo Depuydt
Benjamin R. Foster
Karen Polinger Foster
Jens Høyrup
Hermann Hunger
Toke Lindegaard Knudsen
Jessica Lévai
Sarah C. Melville
Duncan J. Melville
Marie Passanante
Elizabeth E. Payne
Kim Plofker
Erica Reiner
Eleanor Robson
Francesca Rochberg
Micah Ross
John M. Steele
Ronald Wallenfels
Christopher Walker
Clemency Williams
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From the Banks of
the Euphrates
Studies in Honor of
Alice Louise Slotsky
Edited by
Micah Ross
Winona Lake, Indiana
Eisenbrauns
2008
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ç Copyright 2008 by Eisenbrauns.
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
www.eisenbrauns.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
From the banks of the Euphrates : studies in honor of Alice Louise
Slotsky / edited by Micah Ross.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-1-57506-144-3 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Middle East—Civilization—To 622. 2. Middle East—Antiquities.
I. Ross, Micah.
DS57.F76 2008
939u.4—dc22
2007044883
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the
American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. †‘
Qu’est-ce qu’un fleuve sans sa source?
Qu’est-ce qu’un peuple sans son pass´e?
Victor Hugo,
Les Pyr´en´ees

Contents
1 KUR – When the Old Moon Can Be Seen a Day Later 1
LisBrack-Bernsen,HermannHungerandChristopherWalker
2 Remarks on Strassmaier Cambyses 400 7
John P. Britton
3 Ancient Chronology’s Alpha and Egyptian 35
Chronology’s Debt to Babylon
Leo Depuydt
4 Assyriology and English Literature 51
Benjamin R. Foster
5 The Eyes of Nefertiti 83
Karen Polinger Foster
6 Les Lais: or, What Ever Became of Mesopotamian 99
Mathematics?
Jens Høyrup
7 House Omens in Mesopotamia and India 121
Toke Lindegaard Knudsen
8 Anat for Nephthys: A Possible Substitution in the 135
Documents of the Ramesside Period
Jessica L´evai
9 Observations on the Diffusion of Military Technology: 145
Siege Warfare in the Near East and Greece
Sarah C. Melville and Duncan J. Melville
10 Two Ivory Carvings from Hierakonpolis 169
Marie Passanante
11 The “Rough Draft” of a Neo-Babylonian Accounting 181
Document
Elizabeth E. Payne
viii Contents
12 Mesopotamian Sexagesimal Numbers in Indian 193
Arithmetic
Kim Plofker
13 In Praise of the Just 207
Erica Reiner
14 The Long Career of a Favorite Figure: The apsamikku 211
in Neo-Babylonian Mathematics
Eleanor Robson
15 A Short History of the Waters of the Firmament 227
Francesca Rochberg
16 All’s DUR That Ends Twr 245
Micah Ross
17 A Commentary Text to Enu¯ma Anu Enlil 14 257
John M. Steele and Lis Brack-Bernsen
18 A New Stone Inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II 267
Ronald Wallenfels
19 Some Details on the Transmission of Astral Omens 295
Clemency Williams
List of Tables
2.1 Format of Reporting Lunar Six 11
2.2 Text [Obverse] 11
2.3 Adjusted Calculations 12
2.4 Textual Values − Calculated Values 14
2.5 B. Planetary Synodic Phenomena (Jupiter) 21
2.6 B. Planetary Synodic Phenomena (Venus) 22
2.7 B. Planetary Synodic Phenomena (Saturn) 23
2.8 B. Planetary Synodic Phenomena (Mars) 24
2.9 B. Planetary Synodic Phenomena (Mercury) 25
2.10 Plausible Compilation of Strm. Camb. 400 26
2.11 C. Planetary Passages 27
2.12 D. Lunar Eclipses 28
3.1 Entries 20 through 35 of King-List 42
16.1 Composition of Medˆınet Habuˆ Horoscopes 246
17.1 Duration of Lunar Visibility in USˇ during an 259
Equinoctial Month according to EAE 14 Tables A
and B
19.1 Correlation of Planets and Colors 298
19.2 Correlation of Colors and Lunar Quadrants 300
19.3 Correlation of Directions and Locations 301
19.4 Translations of Akkadian Terms 302
19.5 Names of Nocturnal Watches 304
19.6 Correlation of Nocturnal Watches and Adannu 305
19.7 Hour Distributions for Solar Eclipses 307
19.8 Hour Distributions for Lunar Eclipses 308
19.9 System I: Correlation of Months and Locations 310
19.10 System II: Correlation of Months and Locations 310
19.11 System II: Correlation of Hours and Locations 311
19.12 System II: Correlation of Divisions and Locations 311
19.13 System I: Correlation of Months and Locations 311
19.14 System II: Correlation of Months and Locations 312
19.15 System II: Correlation of Hours and Locations 312