The Melammu Project

The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

  The Melammu Project
  Database
   General description
   Search string
   Browse by topic
   Search keyword
   Submit entry
  Bibliographies
   About
   Open search
   Thematic search
   Digital Library
   Submit item
  Links
   Ancient texts
   Dictionaries
   Projects
   Varia
   Submit link
  FAQ
  Contact us
  About

  The Newsletter
  To Project Information >

Introduction to a Horoscope (1)

Printable view

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories	Keywords astrology Chaldeans
Period Hellenistic Empires	Channel Chaldeans Papyri from Egypt

Summary
A Greek astrological papyrus from Egypt mentions the Chaldeans as ancient wise men.

Text
The seven gods. After examination of many books as it has been handed down to us from ancient wise men, that is the Chaldeans, and Petosiris and especially also King Necheus just as they themselves took counsel from our lord Hermes and Asclepius, that is Imouthes, son of Hephaestus. For the time given to me, in the first (year) of Antoninus, Caesar the Lord, month Hadrian, according to the Greeks, and according to the Egyptians. Tybi 18, first hour of the day.

Source (list of abbreviations)
P.Louvre N 2342 bis

Bibliography

Neugebauer and Van Hoesen 1987, 42	Neugebauer, Otto and Henry Bartlett Van Hoesen. Greek Horoscopes. American Philosophical Society Memoirs 48. Philadelphia PA: American Philosophical Society 1987.
Quack 2002	Quack, Joachim. “Die Spur des Magiers Petese.” Chronique d'Égypte 77 (2002) 76-92. [PDF]

Amar Annus

URL for this entry: http://www.aakkl.helsinki.fi/melammu/database/gen_html/a0001587.php

Illustrations
No pictures

^
T
O
P