Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

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[J] Oral

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS17] History X Earth and Planetary Science

Mon. May 27, 2019 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 201B (2F)

convener:Yasuyuki Kano(Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo), Kei Yoshimura(Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo), Hiroaki Isobe(Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts), kiyomi iwahashi(National Institute of Japanese Literature), Chairperson:Yasuyuki Kano(東京大学 地震研究所), Kiyomi Iwahashi, Hiroaki Isobe, Kei Yoshimura, Harufumi Tamazawa

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

[MIS17-02] Studies of Babylonian Astronomical Diaries: Today and the Future

*Yasuyuki Mitsuma1 (1.The University of Tokyo)

Keywords:Babylonian Astronomical Diaries, Babylon, Cuneiform Scripts

The presenter uses a large group of Akkadian cuneiform texts on clay tablets, the Astronomical Diaries from ancient Babylonia (mainly from Babylon) as the main source of his presentation. The text group is called ADB in this presentation. ADB is a large series of clay tablets recording astronomical and meteorological phenomena, commodity prices, level of the Euphrates, and historical events from the seventh to the first centuries BC. The clay tablets of ADB count up to over 1500, but only about 400 tablets have been published for the use of researchers. The presenter stayed in London for two years and consulted and photographed most of the unpublished tablets of ADB, which are now preserved in the British Museum. He also took photos of a considerable amount of published ADB tablets. Basesd on the photos and additional data of ADB tablets, the presenter will publish the (new and more exact) texts of published and unpublished ADB tablets. The presenter will also colloborate with some researchers and provide them with the astronomical and meteorological data of ADB, which are useful for the restoration of the ancient astronomical phenomena and climate.