| 25 June |
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Arrival and Registration |
| 10:15-10:45 |
Welcome and Introduction |
| 10:45-11:15 |
N. A. Roughton: A
Study of Normal Star Almanacs and Observational Texts from Babylon |
| 11:15-11:30 |
T. de Jong: Early
Babylonian Observations of Saturn: Astronomical Considerations |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Break |
| 12:00-12:30 |
F. R. Stephenson: A Babylonian Observation of the Aurora Borealis |
| 12:30-13:00 |
G. Grasshoff: Babylonian Coordinate Measurements in the Astronomical
Diaries |
| 13:00-13:45 |
Lunch |
| 13:45-14:00 |
C. Williams: Signs
from the Sky. Signs from the Earth. The Diviner's Manual Revisited |
| 14:00-14:15 |
D. Lehoux: Historicity of Astral Omens |
| 14:15-14:30 |
L. Verderame: Enuma Anu Enlil Tablets 1-13 |
| 14:30-14:45 |
M. C. Casaburi: Calendrical Lunar Phenomena |
| 14:45-15:15 |
E. Reiner: Characteristic Attributes of Stars and Planets in Enuma
Anu Enlil |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Break |
| 15:45-16:15 |
U. Koch-Westenholz: Making Sense: A Comparison Between the Working
Methods of the Astrologer and the Diviner |
| 16:15-16:45 |
F. Hoffmann: Measuring Egyptian Statues |
| 16:45-17:15 |
E. Robson: More than Metrology: Evidence for Maths Education from an
Old Babylonian School House |
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| 26 June |
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Arrival and Registration |
| 10:15-10:45 |
K. R. Nemet-Nejat: Square Tablets in the Yale Babylonian Collection |
| 10:45-11:15 |
J. Høyrup: The Apparent Absence of a Culture of Mathematical
Problems in Ur III |
| 11:15-11:30 |
D. Melville: Mathematics in Šuruppak |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Break |
| 12:00-12:30 |
A. Imhausen: The Structure of the Egyptian Mathematical Problem Texts |
| 12:30-13:00 |
J. Ritter: Closing the Eye of Horus: The Rise and Fall of Horus Eye
Fractions |
| 13:00-13:45 |
Lunch |
| 13:45-14:15 |
J. Quack: A Goddess Rising 10.000 Cubits into the Sky ... or only 1
Cubit, 1 Digit? |
| 14:15-14:45 |
K. Locher: Traces of Astral Divination in pre-Hellenistic Egyptian
Texts |
| 14:45-15:15 |
A. von Lieven: An Astrological Passage in the Pistis Sophia |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Break |
| 15:45-16:15 |
R. Krauss: The 'Eye of Horus' and the Planet Venus: Astronomical and
Mythological References |
| 16:15-16:30 |
S. Symons: The "Transit Star Clock" in the Book of Nut |
| 16:30-16:45 |
K. Spence: Astronomical Orientation in Old Kingdom Egypt and its Chronological
Implications |
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| 27 June |
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Arrival and Registration |
| 10:15-10:45 |
J. M. Steele: A Simple Function for the Length of the Saros in Babylonian
Astronomy |
| 10:45-11:15 |
J. P. Britton: Solstices, Equinoxes and Related Phenomena: Theoretical
Schemes from Cuneiform Sources |
| 11:15-11:30 |
D. Rawlins: Aristarchos and the Babylonian Month |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Break |
| 12:00-12:30 |
A. Aaboe: Yet Another Inconsistency in Lunar System B |
| 12:30-13:00 |
L. Brack-Bernsen: Babylonian Methods for Predicting Lunar Phenomena |
| 13:00-13:45 |
Lunch |
| 13:45-14:15 |
A. Spalinger: Egyptian Festivals and Dating. Useful or Indeterminant
Data? |
| 14:15-14:45 |
R. Wells: On the Fallacy of Using 'Modern' Astronomical Techniques
for Ancient Near Eastern Dating |
| 14:45-15:00 |
M. Gerber, J. Donatowicz and G. Grasshoff: Too Much Regularity? Observational
Criteria for Intercalation Before 539 |
| 15:00-15:15 |
R. Bremner: Stellar Lore - A Pre-historic Link between Mesopotamia
and Egypt? |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Break |
| 15:45-16:15 |
A. Jones: How Much of Babylonian Mathematical Lunar Theory was Known
in Greek, and in What Form? |
| 16:15-16:45 |
L. Depuydt: The Role of Ancient Astronomy in the Study of Ancient Chronology |
| 16:45-17:00 |
Closing remarks |
