Сonstellation Names in Mesopotamian Sources of the First Half of the Second Millennium BC and the Problem of the Origin of Constellations
Kurtik Gennady E.
The paper deals with the earliest known cuneiform texts (mainly of the 1st half of the 2nd millennium BC), containing Sumerian and Akkadian constellation names. These texts make it possible to reconstruct some circumstances related to the origin and early history of constellations in Ancient Mesopotamia.
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