...It was not until the Babylonian First Dynasty in the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE that a common calendar began to be used throughout Babylonia, but the surrounding regions, such as Eshnunna, Mari, and Assyria, continued to use their own calendars. The year began on the vernal equinox, but in the northern Assyrian calendar, the year began in autumn or late autumn. However, because the lunisolar calendar caused a discrepancy between the calendar and the actual seasons, leap months were inserted to adjust for this, so the start of the year also varied slightly from year to year. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to the Assyrian calendar is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…バビロニア全域に共通の暦が使用され始めるのはようやく前2千年紀前半のバビロン第1王朝時代のことだが,エシュヌンナ,マリ,アッシリアなどその周辺地方はなお独自の暦を保持し続けた。 一年の始まりは春分に置かれたが,北部のアッシリア暦では秋ないし晩秋に一年が始まった。しかし,太陰太陽暦では暦と実際の季節との間にずれが生じるので,その調整のために閏(うるう)月を挿入したから,年始もまた年により若干変動した。… ※「アッシリア暦」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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