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

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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Calendars > History.
Calendars > Middle East > History.

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Call Number: CE21 .C35 2007

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.