The Ziqpu-stars and Cuneiform Knowledge: Meaning, Applications, Contexts

In November 2019, I conducted research at the British Museum with the support of the Stahl Endowment of the Archaeological Research Facility. As part of my dissertation work, I examined, copied, photographed, and deciphered cuneiform tablets from the first millennium BCE Mesopotamia. My dissertation focuses on Babylonian astronomy and practices of telling time by the stars on one hand and producing astronomical knowledge on the other hand.