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An Early Compilation of Saturn Observations from Babylon

DOI: 10.1177/0021828618820216

Keywords: Saturn,synodic phenomena,Babylon,observations

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In this paper, I publish and analyse a compilation of observations of the synodic phenomena of Saturn from Babylon, which can be dated to the early sixth century b.c. By comparing these observations with records found in other early compilations of planetary observations it is possible to trace the development of observational practice in Babylonia. The compilation contains references to several stars that are previously unattested in cuneiform texts. An attempt is made to identify these stars

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