Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy - Planetary Tables
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Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Planetary Tables
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English | June 16, 2026 | ISBN-10: 3032191874 | 588 pages| PDF (True) | 113 MB
This book presents new editions and investigations of 114 Babylonian planetary tables: cuneiform tablets inscribed with computed dates, positions, and other data for the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The tablets originate from Babylon and Uruk, two main centers of Babylonian astronomy. They were written in the period 400-50 BCE. Along with lunar tables and procedure texts they belong to a corpus of texts known as Babylonian mathematical astronomy. They contain the earliest known form of mathematical astronomy in the ancient world. All computations are based on the uniform zodiac with twelve signs of thirty degrees and the 60-based number system known as sexagesimal place value notation.