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=== Old Assyrian Calendar === | === Old Assyrian Calendar === | ||
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=== Day and Night === | === Day and Night === | ||
- | The smallest unit of time used in the Old Assyrian corpus is //ūmum// = “day or night”. Indeed, the word //bērum//, which usually corresponds to a time unit, a “double-hour”, | + | The smallest unit of time used in the Old Assyrian corpus is //ūmum// = “day or night”. Indeed, the word //bērum//, which usually corresponds to a time unit, a “double-hour”, |
The Mesopotamian “day” consists of daytime and nighttime (nychtemeron). Days, //ūmum//, are counted in letters from one to twenty or more. The word night, //mūšum// or // | The Mesopotamian “day” consists of daytime and nighttime (nychtemeron). Days, //ūmum//, are counted in letters from one to twenty or more. The word night, //mūšum// or // | ||
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* Dercksen, J. G., 2008: Observations on Land Use and Agriculture in Kaneš, in C. Michel (ed.), //Old Assyrian Studies in Memory of Paul Garelli//, OAAS 4, PIHANS 112, Leiden, p. 139-157.\\ | * Dercksen, J. G., 2008: Observations on Land Use and Agriculture in Kaneš, in C. Michel (ed.), //Old Assyrian Studies in Memory of Paul Garelli//, OAAS 4, PIHANS 112, Leiden, p. 139-157.\\ | ||
* Kryszat, G., 2006: Herrscher, Herrschaft und Kulttradition in Anatolien nach den Quellen aus den altassyrischen Handelskolonien -- teil 2: Götter, Priester und Feste Altanatoliens, | * Kryszat, G., 2006: Herrscher, Herrschaft und Kulttradition in Anatolien nach den Quellen aus den altassyrischen Handelskolonien -- teil 2: Götter, Priester und Feste Altanatoliens, | ||
- | * Michel, C., 2010: The day unit within the Old Assyrian calendar, in Ş. Dönmez (ed.), //Studies Presented in Honour of Veysel Donbaz//, Istanbul, p. 217-224.\\ | + | * Michel, C., 2010: [[https:// |
* Michel, C., In press: Prêts paléo-assyriens, | * Michel, C., In press: Prêts paléo-assyriens, | ||
* Veenhof, K. R., 2008: The Old Assyrian Period, in K. R. Veenhof & J. Eidem, // | * Veenhof, K. R., 2008: The Old Assyrian Period, in K. R. Veenhof & J. Eidem, // |