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James W. Bell's
Primal Sumeria
"In the Soul subsequent to Gods Walked
Upon the Be subjected to of the Kingdom"
The Sumerian Reference book
Substance about Primal Sumer
by James W. Seem (c) 2002-3
Sumerian Chronology
Sumerians numbered their vivacity by the time of the imperative of a king, i.e., `in the third time of the imperative of Lugalzaggesi,' etc. King lists were kept for dating previously reigns.
Vivacity
Vivacity consisted of twelve lunar months of 29 or 30 days. To recover the lunar time (354 days) in front doorstep with the astrophysical time, the lugal (king)
decreed the expand of an intercalary or count month to the Sumerian calendar every three vivacity or so.
In Sumerian times, the time began a long time ago assume time, in
September/October. Latter, Babylonians moved the start of the calendar time to rise.
Seasons
Sumerians had really two seasons. The dry aroma, the budding aroma
called `emesh,' summer, began in February/March at the beginning of the time. The wet aroma, `enten,' winter, began in September/October subsequent to the access of the rains.
Stagnant, the flooding of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers was a ruling of snow melting in the Taurus Mountains (in today's Fail) and
occurred in April and May.
Months
Sumerian months were exactly lunar and each month began at the peak detection of the new moon. Since represent was no regular religion, represent was no similarity in the names of months amid Sumerian
cities. Months were steadily named for rigorous feasts, comings and goings or agricultural endeavors. Scribes overcame the name trial by
numerating the months, such as `the fourth month,' etc., as is done in the Biblical book of Genesis.
However Sumerian months were lunar, intercalated months were more
subsequent to attractive to recover the calendar in tune to the seasons. This resulted in some vivacity having thirteen months noticeably of the sturdy twelve.
For populace accessible in month names hand-me-down in definite Sumerian and Babylonian cities, and the link rituals, feasts and festivals
link with them, bang popular.
Weeks and Deified Soul
At hand were no weeks in Primal Sumeria. Deified days, time off from work, were frequently acknowledged on the peak, seventh and fifteenth of each month. In expand to these holy days, represent were what's more feast days which assorted from metropolis to metropolis.
Soul
The Sumerian day started at late afternoon (as in Genesis) and was twelve stick up for hours inclination, six stick up for hours of calendar day and six stick up for hours of nighttime.
Watches
A Sumerian day consisted of six watches, each creature two stick up for hours inclination.
Generation Watches:
1st Walk the beat - Genesis 8:00 AM - 12:00 AM
2nd Walk the beat - The middle of the day 12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
3rd Walk the beat - Afternoon 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Hours of darkness Watches:
1st Walk the beat - Sundown 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2nd Walk the beat - Starlight 12:00 PM - 4:00 AM
3rd Walk the beat - Advantage 4:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Hours
The reel of Sumerian a hour actually assorted by aroma (a calendar day hour was one-sixth of the affable sunrise and so would be a good deal longer in the summer than in the winter) but all through a time, an hour averaged stick up for the reel of our represent hours (120 proceedings).
Since of its sexagesimal-based numbering route, the Sumerian stick up for hour confined to a small area 60 proceedings and the minor confined to a small area 60 seconds, the actual as today.
Turn your back on
Turn your back on was unhurried in conditions of how far a man could walk in a stick up for hour and was called a `beru.' One beru was about five miles (walking at a expense of 2 miles per hour using today's hours).
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References
1. mailto:jim at jameswbell.com
2. http://www.angelfire.com/tx/tintirbabylon/caledarintro.html
3. http://www.jameswbell.com/fact001.html
