Enuma Anu Enlil

As Enuma Anu Enlil ( EAE ) is referred to a collection of about 7,000 Babylonian omens texts. The cuneiform tablets are available in 70 series assignment texts. Enuma Anu Enlil means as [ the gods ] Anu and Enlil [ ... ].

Origin of the panels

The largest number of cuneiform texts, archaeologists found in the library of Ashurbanipal and in Babylon. The oldest texts date back to the first Old Babylonian dynasty. Further corrections were carried out for the conquest of Babylonia by the Kassites in the period from about 1670 to 1154 BC, before they were copied around 1000 BC again.

49 boards came in the third century BC as a copy to India. In 194 BC, the youngest board is dated. The last surviving older boards came in the beginning of Christianity to India again.

Content

Omina texts

Historians suggest that the astronomical observations and records first began with the lunar eclipses, and shortly thereafter was a first smaller omens catalog. The final breakthrough was likely to be achieved by itself -fulfilling predictions. Thus, in the earliest tables the lunar eclipse is recorded as a warning: If someone is watching a lunar eclipse, died a short time later the king of Akkad and his son will succeed as the new king. In the Babylonian story, this prophecy was fulfilled three times, the son of the king's reign took over after his father's death, after immediately before a lunar eclipse was observed.

Other negative sign of the moon caused the priests for ritual sacrifice to avert the seemingly impending disaster. Also not visible heliacal eastern sunrises from stars were included in the prediction catalog: If A is not seen on the first morning of the first month, in the province of Elam the years harvest will be poor and the parents have to live from the sale proceeds of their children.

Topics

The 70 panels are divided by theme:

  • Tables 1 to 13: General lunar observations in conjunction its constellation to the stars and planets for different days of the month.
  • Plate 14: Without omens notices, for tables with the visibility of the moon lives.
  • Panels 15 to 22: for the duration of eclipses Ominatexte
  • Tables 23 to 29: Records of the color changes of the sun and the thereby resulting changes in weather conditions.
  • Tables 30 to 39: Observations of solar eclipses.
  • Panels 40 to 49: Weather phenomena, earthquakes, storms and other natural disasters.
  • Remaining panels: stars and planets constellations. Special events and cycles, for example Venus observations.
Heliacal rising Babylonian calendar Babylonian mathematics Babylonian astronomical diaries Naburimannu Nibiru (Babylonian astronomy)
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