Babylonian · c. 3rd–1st centuries BCE
Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs
ADART Vol. VII
Annual predictive texts. Almanacs list the dates of the coming year's planetary phenomena, including the stations and acronychal risings of the outer planets and the planets' entries into signs; Normal Star Almanacs predict planetary passages by the 'Normal Stars'. The predictions were most likely made with the help of the Goal-Year Texts, which makes these some of the earliest predicted, rather than observed, station dates.
- Author
- Anonymous (Babylonian scribes)
- Date
- c. 3rd–1st centuries BCE
- Original language
- Akkadian (Late Babylonian)
- Kind
- Mathematical astronomy
- Planets
- Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Editions
One edition.
| Year | Edition | © |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | H. Hunger & A. J. Sachs, Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. VII: Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs (Vienna: ÖAW, 2014) | © |
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References
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| Date | Source | Planets | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| c. 1700–1550 BCE (observations); copies from the 8th–7th centuries BCE | Venus Tablet of AmmiṣaduqaAnonymous (Babylonian)Astrological | General | Astrological |
| c. 652–61 BCE | Astronomical DiariesAnonymous (Babylonian scribes)Observation | Me Ve Ma Ju Sa | Observation |
| c. 380–50 BCE | Babylonian planetary ephemeridesAnonymous (Babylonian scribes)Math. astronomy | Me Ve Ma Ju Sa | Math. astronomy |
| c. 350–50 BCE | Jupiter 'trapezoid' procedure textsAnonymous (Babylonian scribes)Math. astronomy | Ju | Math. astronomy |
| 3rd–1st centuries BCE | Goal-Year TextsAnonymous (Babylonian scribes)Observation | Me Ve Ma Ju Sa | Observation |
| 1889 | Astronomisches aus BabylonJoseph Epping & Johann N. StrassmaierMath. astronomy | General | Math. astronomy |