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  1. Physics Department, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd, Denver, CO 80221-1099, USA

    N. A. Roughton

  2. Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Victoria College University of Toronto, 73 Queen’s Park Cres. E. Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1K7, Canada

    J. M. Steele

  3. Department of the Ancient Near East, The British Museum, London, WC1B 3DG, Great Britain

    C. B. F. Walker

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Roughton, N., Steele, J. & Walker, C. A Late Babylonian Normal and Ziqpu Star Text. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 58, 537–572 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-004-0083-8

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