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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction II. Saros Cycle Texts Text A Text B Text C Text D III. Texts Containing Astronomical Functions Text E Text F Text G Bibliography

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-55342 International Standard Book Number 0-87169-816-1 US ISSN 0065-9746

II. Saros Cycle Texts

* Abraham Sachs died 22 April 1983. Otto Neugebauer died 19 February 1990, after the present paper was submitted.

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SAROS CYCLE DATES

Text B: B.M. 37044 (80-6-17,788)

TEXT B

PLATE 2.

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TEXT C

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FIGURE 1

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TEXT D

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TABLE 9

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III. Texts Containing Astronomical Functions

TEXT E

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TEXTS CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS

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TEXT* roMTATNTNG ASTRONOMICAL FUNCTIONS

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TABLE 16

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TEXT G

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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