Babylonian calendar

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf calendar system
gptkbp:associatedWith 12
religious festivals
agricultural festivals
gptkbp:basedOn lunar months
gptkbp:birthYear Adar II
gptkbp:culturalSignificance ancient rituals
gptkbp:debutYear Nisan
gptkbp:divisions weeks
gptkbp:documentedIn cuneiform tablets
gptkbp:events lunisolar
gptkbp:foundedIn spring
gptkbp:hasHistoricalSignificance gptkb:ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:hasLength 7 days
gptkbp:hasRecognition gptkb:Jewish_calendar
gptkbp:hasResearchInterest yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Babylonian calendar
gptkbp:influencedBy Sumerian calendar
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Tishri
Tammuz
cultural heritage
festivals
historical records
seasonal festivals
Elul
civil calendar
Adar
Cheshvan
Av
Nisan
new year celebration
sacred days
lunar observations
timekeeping methods
Kislev
Shevat
Sivan
Tevet
month names
administrative calendar
commercial calendar
day names
intercalation
solar year adjustment
temple calendar
Iyar
gptkbp:reform Seleucid calendar
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Babylonians
gptkbp:usedFor astronomical observations
agricultural cycles
gptkbp:uses Hellenistic period
gptkbp:year Adar