Internet Links on Mesopotamian Astronomy and Astrology

Internet Links on the Ancient Near East

• ABZU: Web portal to online resources related to the study of the Ancient Near East on the internet.
• The Babylonian Nineveh Texts: Concordance of cuneiform texts excavated in Nineveh (Kouyunjik) and now preserved in the British Museum. To be included in the future in the Ashurbanipal Library Project.
• CDLI: The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative presents online editions of cuneiform tablets dating from the beginning of writing (c. 3200 BC) until the end of the third millennium BC.
• ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives. Contains online digitally scanned editions of many important studies on the history, culture and science of the Ancient Near East.
• ETCSL: The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. Maintained by the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.
• Gateways to Babylon: Contains many links to online texts on Mesopotamia.
• Internet Resources on Mesopotamia: Contains many links to online texts on Mesopotamia.
• Mesopotamia: Collection of web articles on specific topics in Mesopotamian history, culture and science on the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook web site.
• Mesopotamia: Collection of web articles on specific topics in Mesopotamian history, culture and science on Jona Lendering’s Livius web site.
• Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale: Information on the annually held International Congress of Assyriology & Near Eastern Archaeology.

Mesopotamian Mathematics, Astronomy, Astrology and Timekeeping

• Astrology & Astronomy in Iran and Ancient Mesopotamia: By Massoume Price (December 2001).
• Babylonian Astronomy and Astrology: Website by Mathieu Ossendrijver on Babylonian astronomical procedure texts and related topics.
• Babylonian and Seleucid Dates: Conversion tables compiled by Chris Bennett for determining the Julian equivalent of Babylonian, Hebrew and Seleucid civil dates during the Ptolemaic period (323 to 29 BC).
• CAENO: On Mesopotamian astronomical records and their use in ancient chronology.
• Feat of Clay: A Review of the Babylonian Astronomical Diaries.
• Nabonassar 747: Exploring the Limits of Astronomical Dating.
• Marking Time: On Dating a List of Names.
• Centres of Excellence: Patronage and the Exact Sciences in the Pre-Modern Middle East, 800 BCE - 1500 CE: Reading list on the mathematical sciences in the Ancient and Pre-Modern Middle East prepared by Eleanor Robson.
• A Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Astronomy: By Hope Anthony.
• Mesopotamian Mathematics: A comprehensive web site on Mesopotamian mathematics compiled by Duncan J. Melville (includes an annotated Bibliography of Mesopotamian Mathematics compiled by Eleanor Robson and a more comprehensive Bibliography of Mesopotamian Mathematics compiled by Duncan J. Melville).

Other Useful Web Sites

• Internet Bibliographies on the History of Astronomy and Astronomical Instruments: Collection of links to online bibliographies and other web sites of special interest to historians of astronomy.
• KAIROS: Calendar conversion and astronomy program developed by Raymond Mercier.
• Studies of Occidental Constellations and Star Names to the Classical Period: An annotated bibliography by Gary D. Thompson. Cf. in particular his Essays Relating to the History of Occidental Constellations and Star Names to the Classical Period:
• Essay One (1): The Origin of the Zodiac.
• Essay Two (2): Critique of the Astronomical Interpretation of Lion-Bull Combat Iconography.
• Essay Three (3): Critique of Alexander Gurshtein’s Theory of Constellation Development.
• Essay Four (4): Methodologies for Investigating Constellation Origins.
• Essay Five (5): The Development, Heyday, and Demise of Panbabylonism.
• Essay Six (6): The Myth of Babylonian Knowledge of Precession.

I am grateful to Gary Thompson, Hein Stadhouders, Wilfred van Soldt and Peter Westh for suggesting corrections and additions.