1894.] G. Thibaut —Babylonian Origin of the Lunar Zodiac. 151 
Babylonian Series. 
3. sur narkabti, (3 a. £ Tauri 
4. pu tu’ami, y, p. Geminorum ) 
5. tu’ami, sa re‘i, y Geminorum j 
6. tu’ami, a, (3 Geminorum 
7. pulukku, y, 8 Cancri 
8. ris ari, e Leonis 
9. sarru, a Leonis 
10. marusa ribu arkat, sarri p Leonis 
11. zibbat ari, /3 Leonis 
12 sipu arku sa ari, (3 Virginis \ 
13. sur ardati, y Virginis j 
14. nabu ardati, a Virginis j 
15. zibanitu ; a, (3 Libras 
16. ris akrabi ; 8, f3 Seorpionis 
17. habrud ; a Seorpionis 
18. matu sa kasil, 9 Ophiuchi 
19. 
20 . 
21 . 
22 . 
23. 
24. 
karan sug‘ur; a, (3 Capricorni... 
sug‘ur ; y 8 Capricorni 
rikis nuni ; y (Piscium) 
ris kusarikki ; a, (3 Arietis 
Arabian Series. 
abhaq‘a, A, (p, 1 <f> 2 Oriouis. 
al-han‘a, y, p, r, y, £ Gemino' 
rum. 
ad-dira, a, (3 Geminorum. 
an-natra, y, 3 Cancri. 
at-tarf, A Leonis. 
al-gabha, a Leonis. 
az*zubra, 8, 9 Leonis. 
as-sarfa, f3 Leonis. 
al-‘awwa, (3 y, y Virginis. 
as-simak, a Virginis. 
al-ghafr, t, k, A Virginis. 
az-zubanay a, /3 Libr«3. 
al-iklil; 8, 7r, [3 Seorpionis, 
al-qalb, a Seorpionis. 
as-saula, A, r Seorpionis. 
an-na ‘ayim. Sagitt. 
al-balda. Sagitt. 
ad-dabih ; a, (3 Capricorni. 
bula ; c, /x, v Aquarii. 
as-su‘ud ; (3 , £ Aquarii. 
al-ahbiya; a, y, £, y Aquarii. 
ad-dalwu ; a, (3, y Pegasi, a Am 
dromedse. 
al-hut ; f3 Andromedee. 
an-nath ; (3 , y Arietis. 
al-butnin : a, b, c Muscce. 
Observing that in the above two lists the stars constituting sixteen 
stations are absolutely identical, while there is an approximate agreement 
in six further cases, Professor Hommel considers himself justified in 
concluding that < there cannot be any doubt that the planetary stations 
made use of by the Babylonians at the time of the Arsacide Kings, and 
the Arabic (as well as the Indian and Chinese), lunar stations are based 
on one and the same more ancient original. 
Now this conclusion I feel altogether unable to accept.—In the 
first place there arises the difficulty of accounting for the acceptation of 
a zodiac of twenty-four asterisms, and its later transformation into one 
o? twenty-eight members, by the Hindus, Arabs and Chinese alike. 
That the Babylonians who manifestly possessed from old times a real 
solar zodiac of twelve signs should at some later time have subdivided 
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