The planets in Mesopotamian culture: their conceptualisation in the Akkadian literature of the 1st millennium BC, with focus on planetary omens (Enūma Anu Enlil tablets 55, 57 and 58)

美索不达米亚文化中的行星：公元前一千年阿卡德文学中的概念化，重点是行星预兆（EnÅñma Anu Enlil 石板 55、57 和 58）

• 批准号: 517639233
• 负责人: Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: WBP Position
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/517639233?language=en
• 关键词: planets; Mesopotamian; culture; their; conceptualisation

This project aims to understand how Mesopotamian culture conceived and expressed through language what the planets are and how they worked (i.e. their conceptualisation). It will investigate the astral sciences from Akkadian texts dating to the 1st millennium BC. A major focus will be on planetary omens, including an edition of ca. 40 unpublished fragments from the omen series Enūma Anu Enlil tablets 55, 57, and 58. The project pursues two key objectives. The first objective aims to analyse the role of planets in omens and other texts (e.g. MUL.APIN, Astrolabe B, Great Star List) to identify the characteristics assigned to planets (e.g. names, epithets, positive or negative symbolism). This objective will also focus on how omens work, and answer the following question: why are planets associated with specific predictions? The second objective is an analysis of the role of the planets in astrological texts. It will dwell on how the conceptualisation of planets changed in the Late Babylonian period (ca. second half of the 1st millennium BC) when Mesopotamians began to use complex procedures to predict phenomena. The ERC project “ZODIAC – Ancient Astral Science in Transformation”, which studies how the zodiac spread from Mesopotamia to the Greco-Roman world, will house the proposed project. Therefore, the second objective will lead to further studies on how the conceptualisation of the planets left its heritage to other cultures. Ultimately, this project will outline how the Mesopotamians believed the planets predicted or influenced events, using an intertextual and interdisciplinary approach. Thus, it intends to make a worthwhile contribution to both Assyriology and the history of science.

该项目旨在了解美索不达米亚文化如何通过语言构思和表达行星是什么以及它们如何工作（即它们的概念化）。它将从公元前一千年的阿卡德文本中研究星体科学。一个主要的焦点将是行星的预兆，包括ca的一个版本。40个未发表的片段，来自于预兆系列Encrima Anu Enlil片剂55、57和58。该项目追求两个关键目标。第一个目标是分析行星在预兆和其他文本（例如穆尔、APIN、星盘B、大星星表）中的作用，以确定赋予行星的特征（例如名称、绰号、积极或消极的象征）。这一目标还将关注预兆是如何工作的，并回答以下问题：为什么行星与特定的预测有关？第二个目标是分析行星在占星术文本中的作用。它将详细讨论行星的概念化在巴比伦晚期（约公元前200年）是如何变化的。公元前一千年后半期），美索不达米亚人开始使用复杂的程序来预测现象。ERC项目“黄道带-古代星体科学的转变”，研究如何黄道带从美索不达米亚传播到希腊罗马世界，将容纳拟议的项目。因此，第二个目标将导致进一步研究行星的概念化如何将其遗产留给其他文化。最终，这个项目将概述美索不达米亚人如何相信行星预测或影响事件，使用互文和跨学科的方法。因此，它打算作出有价值的贡献，亚述学和科学史。