Kéntros, another Term of Mesopotamian Origin in the Ethiopian Astronomy

Authors

  • Basil Lourié

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.15.1.668

Keywords:

Linguistics, Ge'ez, Greek, Arkkadian, Astronomy

Abstract

The Ethiopic term kentros “1/30” goes back to Akkadian mišlu through a lost meaning of the Greek astronomical term κέντρον.

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2013-12-04

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Vol. 15 (2012)

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Miscellaneous

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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-8-6689
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Lourié, B. 2012. Kéntros, another Term of Mesopotamian Origin in the Ethiopian Astronomy Aethiopica 15 (2012) 225–227. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.15.1.668.

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