Babylonian Astrology - Preface [Cambell Thompson, 1900]

  

 

Definition: [Babylonian Omen Astrology] Preface of The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon: Vol II, R Cambell Thompson, London, March 1st, 1900.

PREFACE: since the year 1865, when the late rev. edward hincks, one of the early pioneers of the science of assyriology, first made known...
PREFACE: with the view of supplemeneting the labours of the above mentioned shcolars, I have printed in the first volume of this work...
PREFACE: contain thirty days, and if this be so, we may find it necessary to modify our views concerning the length of the assyrian year...

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Links to "The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon":

  Descriptive List of the Astrological Reports
  Preface
  Introduction
I - VII  Omens from the Moon
VIII  Omens from the Sun
IX  Omens from Stars
X  Omens from Clouds
XI  Omens from the Moon's Disappearance
XII  Omens from Storms
XIII  Omens from Thunder
XIV  Omens from Earthquakes
XV  Omens from Eclipses
XVI  Omens from Akulutum*
XVII  Omens from Births
K Lists
Index

*Meaning unknown: possibly rust or mildew.

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