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| === Old Assyrian Calendar === | === Old Assyrian Calendar === | ||
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| === Day and Night === | === Day and Night === | ||
| - | The smallest unit of time used in the Old Assyrian corpus is //ūmum// = “day or night”. Indeed, the word //bērum//, which usually corresponds to a time unit, a “double-hour”, | + | The smallest unit of time used in the Old Assyrian corpus is //ūmum// = “day or night”. Indeed, the word //bērum//, which usually corresponds to a time unit, a “double-hour”, |
| The Mesopotamian “day” consists of daytime and nighttime (nychtemeron). Days, //ūmum//, are counted in letters from one to twenty or more. The word night, //mūšum// or // | The Mesopotamian “day” consists of daytime and nighttime (nychtemeron). Days, //ūmum//, are counted in letters from one to twenty or more. The word night, //mūšum// or // | ||
