The So-Called Report on Seasonal Hours (K 2077+): A New Interpretation

Abstract

The tablet K 2077+ was when first published taken to be an example of the use of seasonal
hours in Babylonian astronomy. Since then, it has been joined to BM 54619. This article
provides a new edition and discussion of the text which can now be seen to be not describing
seasonal hours but can better be understood as giving a scheme for the seasonally varying
motion of the sun.

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