MUL.APIN

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MUL.APIN has 38 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 4 references, with 4 live disagreements.

38 facts·28 predicates·4 sources·4 in dispute

Mostly:rdf:type(6), origin culture(2), origin(2)

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Other facts (35)

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35 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Rdf:type	Textual Artifact	[2]
Rdf:type	Compendium	[3]
Rdf:type	Compendium	[4]
Rdf:type	Babylonian Astronomical Text	[2]
Rdf:type	Astronomical Compendium	[2]
Rdf:type	Document	[2]
Origin Culture	Babylonian	[2]
Origin Culture	Babylonian Culture	[2]
Origin	Mesopotamia	[4]
Origin	Babylonia	[2]
Date Before	627 BC	[1]
Is Evidence of	Pleiades	[2]
Estimated Date	~1370–700 BCE	[2]
Textual Detail	Most Detailed Ancient Text	[2]
Evidence Type	Textual Evidence	[2]
Treats As	month-markers	[3]
Date Prior to	627 BC	[4]
Contains Rule	Pleiades Intercalation Rule	[2]
Common Title	The Plough Star	[2]
Name Derived From	first words	[2]
Name Refers to	Plough Constellation	[2]
Contains Table	Path of Moon Table	[2]
Has Surviving Copy Date	7th century BCE	[2]
Estimated Composition Date	1370±100 BCE	[2]
Estimated Region	Assur	[2]
Has Earlier Dating Proposal	~2300 BCE	[2]
Dating Proposal Status	rejected	[2]
Refers to Time Period	26th century BCE	[2]
Preserves Observations From	26th century BCE	[2]
Records Leap Rules in	lines 8-11 of the second clay tablet	[2]
Is Part of Tradition of	Three Stars Each	[2]
Is Expanded From	Earlier Star Catalogues	[2]
Importance Rank	most important astronomical text	[2]
Comparison Rejected by	Assyriologists	[2]
Has Era	~1370 BCE / 700 BCE	[2]

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MUL.APIN

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dateBeforeastronomy/pleiades-folklore-pan-cultural-overview

627 BC

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ex:TextualArtifact

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labeldeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

MUL.APIN cuneiform tablets

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isEvidenceOfdeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:pleiades

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estimatedDatedeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

~1370–700 BCE

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ex:babylonian

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evidenceTypedeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:textual-evidence

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typebiblical/kimah-pleiades-bible-kjv

ex:Compendium

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treatsAsbiblical/kimah-pleiades-bible-kjv

month-markers

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typechinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:Compendium

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originchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:mesopotamia

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datePriorTochinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

627 BC

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ex:AstronomicalCompendium

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labeldeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

MUL.APIN

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commonTitledeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

The Plough Star

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originCulturedeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:babylonian-culture

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nameDerivedFromdeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

first words

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nameRefersTodeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:plough-constellation

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containsTabledeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:path-of-moon-table

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hasSurvivingCopyDatedeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

7th century BCE

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estimatedCompositionDatedeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

1370±100 BCE

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estimatedRegiondeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:assur

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hasEarlierDatingProposaldeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

~2300 BCE

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datingProposalStatusdeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

rejected

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refersToTimePerioddeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

26th century BCE

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preservesObservationsFromdeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

26th century BCE

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recordsLeapRulesIndeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

lines 8-11 of the second clay tablet

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isPartOfTraditionOfdeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:three-stars-each

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isExpandedFromdeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:earlier-star-catalogues

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importanceRankdeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

most important astronomical text

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comparisonRejectedBydeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:assyriologists

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typedeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:Document

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origindeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:babylonia

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hasEradeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

~1370 BCE / 700 BCE

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[1]Pleiades Folklore Pan Cultural Overview2 facts
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[2]Archaeoastronomy Nebra Mulapin Lascaux31 facts
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  [Source: Archaeoastronomy of the Pleiades — Nebra Sky Disc, MUL.APIN, and Lascaux — tradition: deep-time; era: ~15,300 BCE (Lascaux claim, contested); ~1600 BCE (Nebra); ~1370 BCE / 700 BCE (MUL.APIN). Excerpt 7/7. Provenance: https://en.wi…
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  [Source: Archaeoastronomy of the Pleiades — Nebra Sky Disc, MUL.APIN, and Lascaux — tradition: deep-time; era: ~15,300 BCE (Lascaux claim, contested); ~1600 BCE (Nebra); ~1370 BCE / 700 BCE (MUL.APIN). Excerpt 4/7. Provenance: https://en.wi…
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[3]Kimah Pleiades Bible Kjv2 facts
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[4]Mao Asterism White Tiger3 facts
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