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editWho are the followers of this modern Assyrian Calendar for saying it is still in use?Lele giannoni (talk) 10:18, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
- @Lele giannoni: The Assyrians for ethnic holidays. --Yomal Sidoroff-Biarmskii 13:22, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
364-Day Year
editThe article makes the extraordinary assertion that the year has 364 days (got from adding up the number of days in the months). I've found only one of the references http://www.assyriatimes.com/engine/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3410 backs this up and it too says little is known about this. The reference says the 364-year belongs to a lunisolar version of this calendar. This is equal to about 12 1/3 lunar months (not 12). I think this feature is so extraordinary that it needs backing up by more references. If these references are long, the precise position where the assertion is made should be given
When and by whom was it decided that 4750 BCE should be the first year of the Assyrian calendar?
edit213.109.230.96 (talk) 19:17, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
- "based on a series of articles published in the Assyrian nationalist magazine Gilgamesh, edited by the brothers Addi Alkhas and Jean Alkhas and Nimrod Simono.[citation needed]" --Yomal Sidoroff-Biarmskii 13:23, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
Other sources (including most other articles on Wikipedia) date Asur to the 21st century BCE. Blcarson (talk) 16:26, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
"Lunar"
editThis looks like more of a solar-based calendar, rather than lunar-based. --Yomal Sidoroff-Biarmskii 13:24, 1 April 2017 (UTC) The length of the months is a pretty good clue. Also, the fact that several are culturally referenced to agriculture, which makes no sense for lunar months. The Arabic language version calls it a solar calendar. I will make the change. -2601:241:8401:DAED:F9D4:50BC:27B3:A669 (talk) 00:17, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
Ve-Adad
edit"The intercalary month, added when the new moon following Adaar predates vernal equinox, is called Ve-Adad." I tried to make indepedent research, and I didn't find any mention of 'va adad'. and i looked in the callender a few years and i couldn't find it. — Preceding 109.67.242.196 (talk) 13:12, 24 March 2019 (UTC)