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Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk / / edited by Christine Proust, John Steele



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Titolo: Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk / / edited by Christine Proust, John Steele Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
Edizione: 1st ed. 2019.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 pages)
Disciplina: 001.2
001.2093
Soggetto topico: Mathematics
History
History, Ancient
Middle East—History
Archaeology
History of Mathematical Sciences
History of Science
Ancient History
History of the Middle East
Persona (resp. second.): ProustChristine
SteeleJohn
Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Scholars, Scholarly Archives and the Practice of Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk (Christine Proust and John Steele) -- Chapter 2. Cultural Imports and Local Products in the Commentaries from Uruk. The case of the Gimil-Sîn Family (Uri Gabbay and Enrique Jiménez) -- Chapter 3. A Mathematical Collection Found in the “House of the āšipus”. The Art of Metrology in Achaemenid Uruk (Christine Proust) -- Chapter 4. Astronomical Activity in the ‘House of the āšipus’ in Uruk (John Steele) -- Chapter 5. Astrological Texts from Late Babylonian Uruk (Hermann Hunger) -- Chapter 6. Scholarly Mathematics in the Rēš Temple (Mathieu Ossendrijver) -- Chapter 7. ‘Star Anu, Lord of Heaven’: The Influence of the Celestial Sciences on Temple Rituals in Hellenistic Uruk and Babylon (Julia Krul) -- Chapter 8. Interactions Between Greek and Babylonian Thought in Seleucid Uruk (Paul-Alain Beaulieu) -- Chapter 9. Uruk and the Greco-Roman World (Alexander Jones).
Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores how scholars wrote, preserved, circulated, and read knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia. It offers an exercise in micro-history that provides a case study for attempting to understand the relationship between scholars and scholarship during this time of great innovation. The papers in this collection focus on tablets written in the city of Uruk in southern Babylonia. These archives come from two different scholarly contexts. One is a private residence inhabited during successive phases by two families of priests who were experts in ritual and medicine. The other is the most important temple in Uruk during the late Achemenid and Hellenistic periods. The contributors undertake detailed studies of this material to explore the scholarly practices of individuals, the connection between different scholarly genres, and the exchange of knowledge between scholars in the city and scholars in other parts of Babylonia and the Greek world. In addition, this collection examines the archives in which the texts were found and the scribes who owned or wrote them. It also considers the interconnections between different genres of knowledge and the range of activities of individual scribes. In doing so, it answers questions of interest not only for the study of Babylonian scholarship but also for the study of ancient Mesopotamian textual culture more generally, and for the study of traditions of written knowledge in the ancient world. .
Titolo autorizzato: Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-030-04176-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910484697203321
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Serie: Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter, . 2662-9933 ; ; 2