Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus: (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volume 1Presents 200 hitherto unpub. astronomical texts & horoscopes written in Greek on papyrus, which were excavated a century ago in the rubbish heaps of Oxyrhynchus, a district capital of Roman Egypt. Through these documents we obtain the first coherent picture of the range of astronomical activity, chiefly in the service of astrology, during the Roman Empire. The astronomy of this period turns out to have been much more varied than we previously thought, with Babylonian arithmetical methods of prediction coexisting with tables based on geometrical models of orbits. Editions of the texts are accomp. by facing translations & explanatory & philological commentaries. The intro. provides the first comprehensive treatment of astronomical papyri, explaining their contents & purpose, the underlying astronomical theories, & strategies for analyzing & dating them. Tables & graphs. |
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| Title | Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus: (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volume 1 Volume 233 of American Philosophical Society: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Volume 233 of Memoirs Series Volume 233 of Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, American Philosophical Society, ISSN 0065-9738 Volume 233 of Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society: American Philosophical Society |
| Editor | Alexander Jones |
| Translated by | Alexander Jones |
| Contributor | American Philosophical Society |
| Publisher | American Philosophical Society, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0871692333, 9780871692337 |
| Length | 839 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Astronomy |
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