BM 76829: a small astronomical fragment with important implications for the Late Babylonian astronomy and the Astronomical Book of Enoch

DOI10.1007/S00407-020-00268-7zbMath1472.01008OpenAlexW3117152977MaRDI QIDQ2029474

Wayne Horowitz, Eshbal Ratzon, Jeanette C. Fincke

Publication date: 3 June 2021

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-020-00268-7

zbMATH Keywords

Astronomical Book of EnochBabylonian astronomy and astrologycuneiform tablet BM 76829

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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