Studies in Babylonian lunar theory. III: The introduction of the uniform zodiac

DOI10.1007/S00407-010-0064-ZzbMath1203.01003OpenAlexW2049602352WikidataQ55878480 ScholiaQ55878480MaRDI QIDQ610712

John P. Britton

Publication date: 10 December 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-010-0064-z

zbMATH Keywords

Babylonian astronomyzodiac

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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