Book contents
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Chronological and Typographical Conventions
- Glossary of Astronomical Terminology Cited
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Historiography of Science
- Part II Worldmaking and the Anthropology of Science
- 4 The Idea of Worlds
- 5 Uses of Diversity
- 6 Worldmaking in Cuneiform Culture
- 7 Imago Mundi
- Conclusion
- References
- Index of Names and Subjects
7 - Imago Mundi
from Part II - Worldmaking and the Anthropology of Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2025
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Chronological and Typographical Conventions
- Glossary of Astronomical Terminology Cited
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Historiography of Science
- Part II Worldmaking and the Anthropology of Science
- 4 The Idea of Worlds
- 5 Uses of Diversity
- 6 Worldmaking in Cuneiform Culture
- 7 Imago Mundi
- Conclusion
- References
- Index of Names and Subjects
Summary
Chapter 7 looks at the question of the spherical world picture and the lack of evidence for such an image of the heavens or of the world as a whole in cuneiform sources.
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- Worldmaking and Cuneiform AntiquityAn Anthropology of Science, pp. 198 - 211Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025