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Babylonian astronomical diaries
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The Babylonian astronomical diaries are a collection of Babylonian cuneiform texts written in Akkadian language that contain systematic records of astronomical observations and political events, predictions based on astronomical observations, weather reports, and commodity prices, kept for about 600 years, from around 652 BCE to 61 BCE.
The commodity prices are included for six items (barley, dates, mustard (cuscuta), cress (cardamom), sesame, and wool) for particular dates. [1][2]
Currently, most of the surviving several hundred clay tablets are stored in the British Museum.
These are classified as the third category of Babylonian astronomical texts, alongside the Astronomical Cuneiform Texts published by Otto Neugebauer and Abraham Sachs and GADEx, sometimes called “non-ACT” by Neugebauer.
It is suggested that the diaries were used as sources for the Babylonian Chronicles.
- ^ Geller, M. J. (1990). "Babylonian Astronomical Diaries and Corrections of Diodorus". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 53 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00021212. JSTOR 618964. S2CID 129703872.
- ^ Rochberg-Halton, F. (1991). "The Babylonian Astronomical Diaries". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 111 (2): 323–332. doi:10.2307/604022. JSTOR 604022.
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مفكرات فلكية بابلية Arabic Astronomische Beobachtungstexte (Babylonien) German Diarios astronómicos babilónicos Spanish رویدادنامه ستارهشناسی بابل FA היומנים האסטרונומיים הבבליים HE Diari astronomici babilonesi Italian バビロニア天文日誌 Japanese Babylonische astronomische dagboeken Dutch Diários astronômicos babilônicos Portuguese Vavilonski astronomski dnevnici Serbian
