TRANSACTIONS of the
American Philosophical Society
Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
VOLUME 81, Part 6, 1991
Saros Cycle Dates and Related Babylonian Astronomical Texts
A. Aaboe, J.P. Britton, J.A. Henderson, O. Neugebauer, and A.J. Sachs
TRANSACTIONS of the
American Philosophical Society
Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
VOLUME 81, Part 6, 1991
Saros Cycle Dates and Related Babylonian Astronomical Texts
A. Aaboe, J. P. Britton, J A. Henderson, O. Neugebauer, and A.J. Sachs
THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Independence Square, Philadelphia
1991
Copyright © 1991 by The American Philosophical Society
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-55342
International Standard Book Number 0-87169-816-1 US ISSN 0065-9746
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction 1
II. Saros Cycle Texts Text A 4 Text B 10 Text C 12 Text D 24
III. Texts Containing Astronomical Functions Text E 34 Text F 63 Text G 69
Bibliography 73
II. Saros Cycle Texts
* Abraham Sachs died 22 April 1983. Otto Neugebauer died 19 February 1990, after the present paper was submitted.
TEXT A
8 SAROS CYCLE DATES
TEXT B Text B: B.M. 37044 (80-6-17,788)
PLATE 2.
10 11
TEXT C
13
14 SAROS CYCLE DATES
16 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 17
(SC 24)
FIGURE 1
18 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 19
20 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 21
22 SAROS CYCLE DATES
TEXT D
25
26 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 27
28 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 29
TABLE 9
30 SAROS CYCLE DATES SAROS CYCLE TEXTS 31
III. Texts Containing Astronomical Functions
TEXT E
34 35
PLATE 5.
36
TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 37
PLATE 6.
38 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXT* roMTATNTNG ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 39
40 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 41
44 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 45
TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 47 SAROS CYCLE DATES 46
48 SARCS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 49
50 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 51
52 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 53
TABLE 16
54 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 55
56 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 57
58 SAROS CYCLE DATES
TABLE 20
TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 59
60 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 61
62 SAROS CYCLE DATES
TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 65
TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 67
69
TEXT G
70 SAROS CYCLE DATES TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS 71
BIBLIOGRAPHY
74 BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY 75
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