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)

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是如何工作的（即它们的概念化）。它将研究公元前一千年阿卡德文本中的星体科学。一个主要的焦点将是行星预兆，包括大约40个未出版的预兆系列片段的版本Enūma Anu Enlil平板电脑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（如《圣经》）中的作用。APIN，星盘B，大星表)来识别分配给行星的特征（例如名称，绰号，积极或消极的象征）。这个目标也将集中在预兆是如何工作的，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。它将详述在巴比伦晚期（约公元前1千年下半叶），当美索不达米亚人开始使用复杂的程序来预测现象时，行星的概念是如何变化的。ERC项目“ZODIAC - Ancient Astral Science in Transformation”，研究了黄道带是如何从美索不达米亚传播到希腊罗马世界的。因此，第二个目标将导致对行星概念化如何将其遗产留给其他文化的进一步研究。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，它打算为亚述学和科学史做出有价值的贡献。

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 A major focus will be on planetary omens, including an edition of ca. 40 unpublished fragments from the omen series Enūma Anu Enlil tablets 55, 57, and 58.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.