Egyptian Astronomical Texts. I. The Early Decans.

Neugebauer, Otto ; Parker, Richard A.

Published by Lund Humphries, London [for] Brown University Press, Providence, 1960

X + 134 pages + 54 plates, orig. cloth gilt, 37 x 27 cm, small private stamp and name/provenance handwritten on blank front endpaper, otherwise in excellent condition. - - Contents: Chapter I. The Diagonal Star Clocks: Introduction. - A. The Texts on Coffins. - B. The Decan List of Senmut. - C. Commentary to the Decans. - D. The Date Lines. - E. The Horizontal Strips. - F. The Vertical Strips. - G. Grouping and Dating of the Coffins. - H. The Osireion Star Clocks. - - Chapter II. The Cosmology of Seti I and Ramses IV: Introduction. - A. The Text of Papyrus Carlsberg I: I. The Texts around Nut, II. The Dramatic Text. - B. The Texts of S and R not quoted in P. - C. The Text of Papyrus Carlsberg Ia. - - Chapter III. The Diagonal Star Clocks, the Decanal Hours and their Development: Introduction. - A. The Definition of Decans. - B. The Location of the Decans. - C. The Twelve Decanal Hours of the Night. - D. The Epagomenal Days in the Diagonal Clocks. - E. The Decans in Transit. - F. The Origin of the Twenty-four Hour Division of the Day. - - Appendix I. Explanation of Astronomical Terms. - Appendix II. Egyptian Civil Calendar and Rising of Sothis. - Appendix III. Gregorian, Julian and Egyptian Dates. - Appendix VI. Egyptian Chronology. - List of Abbreviations. - Glossary. - Subject Index. - - Plates 1-54. Seller Inventory # 02961

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Title: Egyptian Astronomical Texts. I. The Early ...
Publisher: Lund Humphries, London [for] Brown University Press, Providence
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Sehr gut
Edition: 1. Auflage