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Lunar Ephemeris

187 BC - 186 BC
Clay
Original Site Unknown
13.1 cm x 6.7 cm x 2.0 cm
A3412

Oriental Institute Museum

Artifact Description

Lunar Ephemeris

This table of numbers written in cuneiform script represents calculations about when the new moon would first appear each month for the years 187-186 BC.

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Suggested Readings

Hodges, Henry. Technology in the Ancient World. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1992.

Moss, Carol. Science in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Franklin Watts, 1989.

Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.

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