1.Ma?da Calendar and Akiti Calendar from ? 45 to 48The dating of the texts from the reign of ?ulgi is quite complex work since from ? 45 onwards,the first month of a year started from the Akiti month,which was the sixth month of the normal Ma?da Calendar used in Puzri?-Dagan.The Puzri?-Dagan calendar followed the Ur Calendar,but during the period of ?ulgi and Amar-Sin,its second month,iti-ma?-dà～gu7,was changed to become the first month,so that the month iti-?e-kin-kud could be synchronized with the month of the same name at Nippur,the 12th month of both calendars.We have also found some texts which use the month of Akiti as the first month and the month of itiezem-Ninazu as the last month,which it is in the Akiti Calendar.We distinguish the Akiti Calendar as ? 44’viii’→48’vii’,which is equal to ? 45 i→48 xii in the Ma?da Calendar,for four years.
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