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Author: * Voluptua Amytas -
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Date: Mar 30, 2002 - 14:06
Mesopotamian Agricultural Calendar
| MONTHS IN MESOPOTAMIA |
GREGORIAN MONTHS |
AGRICULTURAL YEAR |
HARVEST-FALLOW YEAR |
| NISSANNU |
MAR-APRIL |
Last irrigation; harvest may start | Flooding (leaching) |
| AJARU |
APRIL-MAY |
Harvest | Survey of wet fields |
| SIMANU |
MAY-JUNE |
Cutting, drying, stacking |
| DU'UZU |
JUNE-JULY |
Transport and storage of grains | Inactivity |
| ABU |
JULY-AUG |
Harvest ends | Inactivity |
| ELÜLU |
AUG-SEPT |
Beginning of ploughing, sowing | Inactivity |
| TASHRITU |
SEPT-OCT |
Ploughing, early sowing | Inactivity |
| ARASHAMNA |
OCT-NOV |
Late sowing; end of ploughing | Inactivity |
| KISSILIMU |
NOV-DEC |
Late sowing | Inactivity |
| TEBETU |
DEC-JAN |
Inactivity;end of late sowing of cereals | Preparation of fields |
| SABATU |
JAN-FEB |
First seedlings appear; irrigation | Preparation of fields |
| ADDARU |
FEB-MARCH |
Irrigation | Inactivity |
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Mesopotamian Agricultural Calendar
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