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

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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An Early Clay Tablet
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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.