Alexandria and the Moon: An Investigation Into the Lunar Macedonian Calendar of Ptolemaic Egypt

by Chris Bennett

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This book is the first comprehensive study of the lunar Macedonian calendar in two decades. The mechanics of the calendar are examined in detail, and a new approach for reconstructing the sequence of intercalary months and years is proposed which, for the first time, permits a consistent interpretation of the papyrological data of the middle Ptolemaic period. It is shown that in c. 265 BC Ptolemy II deliberately set in motion a process to realign...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9042925051

ISBN13:9789042925052

Release Date:December 2011

Publisher:Peeters

Length:276 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"

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