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Rising Time Schemes in Babylonian Astronomy

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Abstract

This chapter studies several texts which are related to the rising time schemes in order to place those schemes in a broader context. Using the fully reconstructed rising time scheme it has been possible to better understand the content of these texts. In particular, the so-called ‘GU Text’ is shown to include references to the rising time scheme. Since the GU Text is probably to be dated to before the development of the zodiac, the link between it and the rising time scheme confirms the priority of the calendar-based form of the scheme over the zodiac-based form, and pushes the development of the rising time scheme significantly earlier than previously assumed.

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Notes

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    See, for example, the calendrical rising time texts discussed in Chap. 3 and several of the shadow-length scheme texts discussed by Steele (2013).

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    For differing interpretations of the text, see Pingree et al. (1988) and Koch (1992). Further discussion of these interpretations may be found in Hunger and Pingree (1999: 90–100).

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    I assume that the star The Feet and Hands of the Front Great Twin is the same as The Front Twin and that The Crook of the She Goat is the same star as The Lady of Life (on which see Roughton et al. 2004: 549).

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Steele, J.M. (2017). Related Texts. In: Rising Time Schemes in Babylonian Astronomy. SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55221-7_5

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