Calendars and years : astronomy and time in the Ancient Near East /

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Corporate Author: History of Astronomy Workshop.

Other Authors: Steele, John M.

Format: Conference Proceeding Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Oxbow, 2007.

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Call Number: CE21 .C35 2007

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245 0 0 |a Calendars and years :   |b astronomy and time in the Ancient Near East /   |c edited by John M. Steele. 
264 1 |a Oxford :  |b Oxbow,  |c 2007. 
300 |a vii, 167 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 25 cm. 
500 |a Includes six papers from a session on "Calendars and years" at the seventh biennial History of Astronomy Workshop held at Notre Dame University on 8 July 2005. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a A star's year: the annual cycle in the Ancient Egyptian sky / Sarah Symons -- Calendars and years in ancient Egypt: The soundness of Egyptian and West Asian chronology in 1500-500 BC and the consistency of the Egyptian 365-day wandering year / Leo Depuydt -- The 360-day year in Mesopotamia / Lis Brack-Bernsen -- The astrolables: astronomy, theology, and chronology / Wayne Horowitz -- Calendars, intercalations and year-lengths in mesopotamian astronomy / John P. Britton -- The length of the month in mesopotamian calendars of the first millenium BC / John M Steele -- On Greek Stellar and Zodiacal date-reckoning / Alexander Jones.  
650 0 |a Calendars  |x History. 
650 0 |a Calendars  |z Middle East  |x History. 
700 1 |a Steele, John M. 
711 2 |a History of Astronomy Workshop. 
901 |a reviewed 
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