30 − 1 = 30 : old Babylonian month lengths, the finale?
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- Michel Tanret (UGent)
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- The Old Babylonian administrative calendar always consisted of thirty days, regardless of early moon sightings. The ud.da.gíd.da days, viewed by some as days to be excluded due to an early moon sighting, were not used to shorten the month; rather, they denoted the number of days when no rations were distributed. This is demonstrated on the basis of Old Babylonian documentary texts.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JSEF57E9D1KPXPPBRN12TCSB
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- Tanret, Michel. “30 − 1 = 30 : Old Babylonian Month Lengths, the Finale?” JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES, vol. 76, 2024, pp. 163–83, doi:10.1086/730484.
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- Tanret, M. (2024). 30 − 1 = 30 : old Babylonian month lengths, the finale? JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES, 76, 163–183. https://doi.org/10.1086/730484
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- Tanret, Michel. 2024. “30 − 1 = 30 : Old Babylonian Month Lengths, the Finale?” JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES 76: 163–83. https://doi.org/10.1086/730484.
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- Tanret, Michel. 2024. “30 − 1 = 30 : Old Babylonian Month Lengths, the Finale?” JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES 76: 163–183. doi:10.1086/730484.
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- 1.Tanret M. 30 − 1 = 30 : old Babylonian month lengths, the finale? JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES. 2024;76:163–83.
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- [1]M. Tanret, “30 − 1 = 30 : old Babylonian month lengths, the finale?,” JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES, vol. 76, pp. 163–183, 2024.
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