Yeni Asur metinlerinde geçen Ay isimleri,

Ay yılı esasına dayanan bir takvim kullandıkları anlaşılan Asurlulardan günümüze pek çok çivi yazılı belge intikal etmiştir. Özellikle Yeni Asur Devri (yak. M.Ö. 934-609) olarak adlandırılan dönemden kalma metinlerde, ay isimlerinin netleştiği ve tarih düşme ihtiyacı hissedilen her belgede bir ay isminin zikredildiği görülmektedir. Ay isimlerini ihtiva eden söz konusu belgelerden dönemin sosyal, siyasi, ekonomik, hukuki ve dini yapısı hakkında bilgi edinmek mümkün olmaktadır. Yeni Asur metinlerinde, Nisannu, Ayaru, Simanu, Du’ūzu, Ābu, Ulūlu, Tašritu, Arahsamna, Kislimu, Tebetu, Šabātu, Addaru gibi ay isimleri tespit edilmiş, bunlardan bazıları çok az değişiklikle günümüze kadar mevcudiyetini devam ettirmiştir.

Month names in Neo-Assyrian records

It is understood that the Assyrian calendar was a lunar-based calendar. There is many cuneiform records about it from the Assyrians. In particular, Neo-Assyrian Period’s (ca. 934-609 BCE) records included month names. It provides information about social, political, economic, legal and region structures of that period. The Assyrian month names were Nisannu, Ayaru, Simanu, Du’uzu, Abu, Ululu, Tashritu, Arakhsamna, Kislimu, Tebetu, Shabatu, Adaru in the Neo- Assyrian records. Some of month names continue to use in modern calendar by little changing.

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