Francesca Rochberg's study traces the documented history of Mesopotamian celestial divination directly from the cuneiform astronomical record, and its specific, checkable contribution is establishing how the later Greek and Roman planetary deity names descend from earlier Mesopotamian planet-deity identifications. That traceable textual lineage from cuneiform sources through to classical planetary naming is the book's real evidentiary basis, not a claim about its publisher. This record has not independently traced a documented history of scholarly disagreement with Rochberg's specific readings. Use it for the historical link between Mesopotamian celestial divination and later Greco-Roman planetary naming.
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A scholarly study from a university press tracing the documented history of Mesopotamian celestial divination from the cuneiform astronomical record, establishing how the later Greek and Roman planetary deity names descend from earlier Mesopotamian identifications. NotesScholarly treatment of Mesopotamian celestial divination and of the planet-deity identifications that underlie the later Greek and Roman planetary names.
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AuthorFrancesca Rochberg
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year2004
URLhttps://archive.org/details/heavenlywritingd0000roch
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Mesopotamians directly: "Francesca Rochberg's study traces the documented history of Mesopotamian celestial divination directly from the cuneiform astronomical record, and its specific, checkable contribution is..."
Source The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian CultureFrancesca Rochberg
Claims Backed By This Source (414 claims)
This source backs 414 claims across the atlas. As facts: 285 well-attested. As cited relationships: 56 holds. Plus 73 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Religious Symbols, 143 claims: 90 well-attested, 34 holds, 19 general references.
- Zodiac Signs, 72 claims: 48 well-attested, 12 holds, 12 general references.
- Rashis (Vedic Signs), 48 claims: 36 well-attested, 12 general references.
- Articles, 42 claims: 39 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Planets, 37 claims: 28 well-attested, 9 general references.
- Other Writings, 22 claims: 16 well-attested, 4 holds, 2 general references.
- Categories, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Disciplines, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Constellations, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Calendars, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Numbers, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Practices, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Cultures, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Religions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Rituals, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Deities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Fixed Stars, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Scholarly Disciplines, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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285Articles
A Lunar NodeA Lunar NodeA Science That Used to Be One Discipline With Its Own DivinationBabylon to Alexandria, and the Arguments Left OverBabylon to the Western traditionCompilation, Copies and LegacyEight Compendia and Chronicles That Are Not ScriptureFrom Solar Deity to Solar TheologyInanna, Ishtar, and the Oldest Planetary RecordsLunar Calendars and Lunar DeitiesMarduk, Zeus, and the Largest PlanetNinurta, Kronos, and the Melancholic GeniusReading the Heavenly WritingRetrogradation, and the God of the CrossingSigma Sagittarii, a Surviving Babylonian NameThe Archer, the Centaur, and the Centre of the GalaxyThe Bull of Heaven, the Pleiades, and the HyadesThe Goat-Fish, and the Gate of the GodsThe Heavens in Two TabletsThe Lesser LuminaryThe Lion, Regulus, and the Heart of the FigureThe Maiden with the Ear of CornThe Ram, the Constellation, and the Precessional GapThe Red Planet, Nergal, and the War GodThe Royal Stars, and a Scheme That Will Not Survive InspectionThe Scales, and the Claws of the ScorpionThe Scholars, the Courts and the Long AfterlifeThe Scorpion, Antares, and the Missing ThirteenthThe Twins: Castor and Pollux, and Their Babylonian AncestorsTwo Fishes Bound by a Cord, and the Tropical Zero PointVenus, and What the Sumerians Actually ClaimedWhere the Line Between Divination and Science Used to SitWhy Base Sixty Showing 1 to 50 of 96 entities carrying this claim.
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