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Babylonian Horoscopes
- A. Sachs
- PhysicsJournal of Cuneiform Studies
- 1 January 1952
The fruitful cooperation between J. N. Strassmaier and J. Epping, which so brilliantly laid the foundations for our present knowledge of Mesopotamian astronomy of the Hellenistic period, also led to…
A Classification of the Babylonian Astronomical Tablets of the Seleucid Period
- A. Sachs
- PhysicsJournal of Cuneiform Studies
- 1 January 1948
I. Summary While hunting through the published astronomical cuneifcrm texts of the Seleucid period for Sirius data, it occurred to me that there is need for a brief sketch cf the types and contents…
The Late Assyrian Royal-Seal Type
- A. Sachs
- HistoryIraq
- 1 September 1953
This year is a particularly appropriate one in which to revive the subject of the Royal Assyrian Seal, for it is exactly a century since the publication of Austen H. Layard's Discoveries in the Ruins…
Saros Cycle Dates and Related Babylonian Astronomical Texts
- A. Aaboe, J. P. Britton, J. Henderson, O. Neugebauer, A. Sachs
- Art
- 1 December 1991
Tous ces textes sont conserves au British Museum et proviennent probablement de Babylone. Ils appartiennent a deux groupes, le 1 er sont les textes du Cycle Saros qui donnent les mois d'eventualite…
Some Atypical Astronomical Cuneiform Texts, II
- O. Neugebauer, A. Sachs
- PhysicsJournal of Cuneiform Studies
- 1 January 1968
We continue herewith our study of 4'atypical" astronomical texts in the hope for improved uncIerstanding of the earlier phases of the development of Babylonian mathematical stronomy. We must,…
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