saros cycle dates and related babylonian astronomical texts a.aboe, jp britton, ja henderson,...

TRANSACTIONS of the

American Philosophical Society

Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge

VOLUME 81, Part 6, 1991

Saros Cycle Dates and Related Babylonian Astronomical Texts

A. Aaboe, J.P. Britton, J.A. Henderson, O. Neugebauer, and A.J. Sachs

TRANSACTIONS of the

American Philosophical Society

Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge

VOLUME 81, Part 6, 1991

Saros Cycle Dates and Related Babylonian Astronomical Texts

A. Aaboe, J. P. Britton, J A. Henderson, O. Neugebauer, and A.J. Sachs

THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Independence Square, Philadelphia

1991

Copyright © 1991 by The American Philosophical Society

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-55342

International Standard Book Number 0-87169-816-1 US ISSN 0065-9746

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction 1

II. Saros Cycle Texts Text A 4 Text B 10 Text C 12 Text D 24

III. Texts Containing Astronomical Functions Text E 34 Text F 63 Text G 69

Bibliography 73

II. Saros Cycle Texts

* Abraham Sachs died 22 April 1983. Otto Neugebauer died 19 February 1990, after the present paper was submitted.

TEXT A

8 SAROS CYCLE DATES

TEXT B Text B: B.M. 37044 (80-6-17,788)

PLATE 2.

10 11

TEXT C

13

14 SAROS CYCLE DATES

16 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 17

(SC 24)

FIGURE 1

18 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 19

20 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 21

22 SAROS CYCLE DATES

TEXT D

25

26 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 27

28 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 29

TABLE 9

30 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 31

III. Texts Containing Astronomical Functions

TEXT E

34 35

PLATE 5.

36

TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 37

PLATE 6.

38 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXT* roMTATNTNG ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 39

40 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 41

44 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 45

TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 47 SAROS CYCLE DATES 46

48 SARCS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 49

50 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 51

52 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 53

TABLE 16

54 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 55

56 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 57

58 SAROS CYCLE DATES

TABLE 20

TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 59

60 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 61

62 SAROS CYCLE DATES

TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 65

TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 67

69

TEXT G

70 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 71

BIBLIOGRAPHY

74 BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY 75

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