"The texts are most probably from Babylon, although their exact is unknown ... All concern luni-solar phenomena with the exception of a text on the last visibility of , which is found on one side of a tablet whose other side deals with lunar eclipse magnitudes and longitudes. The texts fall into two groups. One comprises what we have called "Saros Cycle Texts," which give the months of eclipse possibilities arranged in consistent cycles of 223 months (or 18 years). Three of the four texts in this group concern lunar eclipse possibilities; the other treats solar eclipse possibilities analogously. Included in this group is B.M. 34597, known as the "Saros Canon," which we republish to correct several errors in previous publications, and to clarify its structure. The second group of texts contains astronomical functions."
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