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The Greek astronomers preserved the Chaldean records (1)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore


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astronomy
Berossus
Mesopotamia
Period
3rd century BCE
9th century CE
Byzantine Empire
Hellenistic Empires 		Channel
Byzantine philosophers and scholars
Hellenistic philosophers and scholars

Text
Berossus, Babyloniaca F16a (Synkellos, Chronographia 245):
From Nabonasar, the Chaldeans have accurately reckoned dates on the basis of astronomical motion. From them, the Greek astronomers derived this knowledge. The reason for this, as Alexander (Polyhistor) and Berossus, the compilers of Chaldean antiquities say, was that Nabonasar, after compiling the acts of his royal predecessors, did away with these records, so that the numbering of the Chaldean kings commences from him.

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Berossus, Babyloniaca F16a
Synkellos, Chronographia 245

Bibliography

Adler and Tuffin 2002, 301Adler, W. and P. Tuffin. The Chronography of George Synkellos. A Byzantine Chronicle of Universal History from the Creation translated with introduction and notes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Amar Annus


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