Prediction of Days and Pattern of the Babylonian Lunar Six

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-579609
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.57960

Brack-Bernsen, Lis

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Item type:	Article
Journal or Publication Title:	Archiv für Orientforschung
Publisher:	Selbstverl. des Inst. für Orientalistik der Univ. Wien
Volume:	52
Page Range:	pp. 156-178
Date:	2011
Institutions:	Philosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Philosophie > Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Meinel
Dewey Decimal Classification:	500 Science > 520 Astronomy & allied sciences 900 History & geography > 900 Geography & history
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Unknown
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Yes
Item ID:	57960

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One of the current questions in Babylonian astronomy is how the Babylonians were able to find and agree on the length of lunar months. Another question is how the days of the four full-moon observations and the last visibility of the old moon were predicted. This paper shall show how the days of each of the Lunar Six, i.e., the days of each of the six special lunar phases observed by the ...

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