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Brack-Bernsen, Lis

Babylonian House Numbers and Squares of Zodiacal Signs: The Origin of the Quadruplicities, Part II

Brack-Bernsen, Lis (2022) Babylonian House Numbers and Squares of Zodiacal Signs: The Origin of the Quadruplicities, Part II. Aestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science 3 (1), pp. 97-119.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 26 Mar 2024 05:52
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.57966


Abstract

The texts BM 36628+ and BM 45720 contain number schemes, which in their first four columns list consecutive lines of Calendar Texts. These texts add six more columns (columns 5–10) to the classic Calendar Text. Therefore, we shall call them expanded Calendar Texts. The additional column 10 lists house numbers j, while column 9 contains four signs (labeled i) over four consecutive lines, one of ...

The texts BM 36628+ and BM 45720 contain number schemes, which in their first four columns list consecutive lines of Calendar Texts. These texts add six more columns (columns 5–10) to the classic Calendar Text. Therefore, we shall call them expanded Calendar Texts. The additional column 10 lists house numbers j, while column 9 contains four signs (labeled i) over four consecutive lines, one of which equals a j-value. As we shall see, the i-values are chosen so that they always form the zodiacal squares with j as one of the corners. I investigate the system behind the schemes by analyzing their number columns. We thus find a structure similar to that of the circular tablet BM 47762, which I presented in Part I [Aestimatio ns 2.2 (2021) 43–58]. This tablet lists the dates of first half, full, second half, and black Moon, where the zodiacal position of these special lunar phases joins to a square in the zodiacal circle. I investigate the connection between the two systems.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleAestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science
Publisher:Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science
Volume:3
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:1
Page Range:pp. 97-119
Date2022
InstitutionsPhilosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Philosophie > Alumni or Retired Professors > Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Meinel)
Identification Number
ValueType
10.33137/aestimatio.v3i1.41816DOI
KeywordsBabylonian astronomy/astrology, lunarphases,Dodecatemoria (mean­value scheme), squares of zodiacal signs
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 520 Astronomy & allied sciences
900 History & geography > 900 Geography & history
StatusPublished
RefereedUnknown
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-579669
Item ID57966

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