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Hardcover Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia: Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Book

ISBN: 370012578X

ISBN13: 9783700125785

Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia: Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C.

This volume contains an edition of clay tablets written during the time from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD. They list astronomical phenomena for a given year in chronological sequence, like a calendar. All data are calculated in advance. They are: first and last appearances of the moon and planets, with day number and zodiacal sign; solstices and equinoxes and phenomena of Sirius. For the outer planets, stations and acronychal risings are...

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