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Gray, J.M.K., Steele, J.M. Studies on Babylonian goal-year astronomy I: a comparison between planetary data in Goal-Year Texts, Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 62, 553–600 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-008-0027-9
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