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Babilóniai kölcsönök kezelése szökőhónapokban
Babylonian Loans In Intercalary Months

Author(s): Zoltán Csabai
Subject(s): Economic history, Ancient World, Financial Markets, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Pécsi Tudományegyetem
Keywords: Babylon; loan; economy; ancient Near East;

Summary/Abstract: The Babylonian calendar is characterized by the use of intercalation. To reconcile the difference between the lunar and solar calendar, intercalary months were inserted. In this brief study a cuneiform economic text from the Early Achaemenid period (6th cent. B.C.) is put under scrutiny. A special feature of the tablet, recorded in the reign of Darius I, is the fact that it was written in an intercalary month. In this study I intend to present an analysis on Babylonian interest-bearing loans and intercalary months.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-30
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Hungarian
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