Studies on babylonian goal-year astronomy. II: The Babylonian calendar and goal-year methods of prediction

DOI10.1007/S00407-009-0048-ZzbMATH Open1200.01004OpenAlexW1969544580MaRDI QIDQ1039928FDOQ1039928

Authors: J. M. K. Gray, J. M. Steele 

Publication date: 23 November 2009

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-009-0048-z

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zbMATH Keywords

astronomy, Babyloniancalendar, Babyloniangoal-year method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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• A Classification of the Babylonian Astronomical Tablets of the Seleucid Period
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