Babylonian Astronomy
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Manuscript Metadata
Resource ID
39353
Access
Open
Contributed by
Frederik Wellmann
type of material
A. MS.
description
The constellation figures are of Babylonian origin. CSP attempts to prove that Aratos obtained his material from ancient Babylonian astronomical writings (the globe described by Aratos would have been the one that was visible in Babylon c.2000 B.C., not that of Greece in the 3rd century B.C.).
general index
Aratos Phainomena or Heavenly Display of, history of, Babylonian science, history of, Constellations, history of see also Astronomy history of Mathematics history of
pagination
pp. 1-10 (p. 4 missing)
Date
u
number
MS1299_005
abbreviated title
-
date (Robin)
n.d.
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