Open AccessKéntros, another Term of Mesopotamian Origin in the Ethiopian Astronomy
Author(s) -
Basil Lourié
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
aethiopica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2194-4024
pISSN - 1430-1938
DOI - 10.15460/aethiopica.15.1.668
Subject(s) - term (time) , akkadian , astronomy , meaning (existential) , physics , astrophysics , history , ancient history , philosophy , epistemology
The Ethiopic term kentros “1/30” goes back to Akkadian mišlu through a lost meaning of the Greek astronomical term κέντρον.