Almanac W22340a From Uruk: The Latest Datable Cuneiform Tablet

@article{Hunger2014AlmanacWF,
  title={Almanac W22340a From Uruk: The Latest Datable Cuneiform Tablet},
  author={Hermann Hunger and Teije de Jong},
  journal={Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Arch{\"a}ologie},
  year={2014},
  volume={104},
  pages={182 - 194}
}
  • H. Hunger, T. de Jong
  • Published 30 December 2014
  • History
  • Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie
Abstract: In this article we present a transliteration and translation of Tablet W22340a, an astronomical Almanac from Uruk. Based on the astronomical predictions in the text we suggest that it must be dated to the year 326 in the Arsacid Era, equivalent to 79/80 AD. This makes W22340a the latest datable cuneiform text uncovered so far. This dating confirms that cuneiform writing and astronomical scholarship persisted in Mesopotamia during the Arsacid period far into the first century AD, not… Expand
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