Aaboe, Asger Hartvig

Institution: Yale University
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Birth Year: 1922
Death Year: 2007
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Biography and Research

Name: Asger Hartvig Aaboe

Dates: 26 April 1922 – 19 January 2007

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Specialisation: Assyriology, History of Science

Member of the faculty at Yale University and contributor to the study of Babylonian astronomy and mathematics.

Obituaries: John P. Britton, In memoriam Asger Hartvig Aaboe, Aestimatio 3 (2006) 118–121

Publications

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig. 1964. “A Seleucid Table of Daily Solar (?) Positions.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 18 (2): 31–34. [JCS 18 (pp. 31-34) (Aaboe1964JCS18)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig. 1965. “Some Seleucid Mathematical Tables (Extended Reciprocals and Squares of Regular Numbers).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 19 (3): 79–86. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359089. [JCS 19 (pp. 79-86) (Aaboe1965JCS19)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig, and Abraham J. Sachs. 1966. “Some Dateless Computed Lists of Longitudes of Characteristic Planetary Phenomena from the Late-Babylonian Period.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 20 (1): 1–33. [JCS 20 (pp. 1-33) (Aaboe1966JCS20)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig. 1968. Some Lunar Auxiliary Tables and Related Texts from the Late Babylonian Period. Vol. 36/12. Det Konegelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Mathematisk-Fysiske Meddelelser. København : Munksgaard. [KDVSMM 36/12 (Aaboe1968KDVSMM36/12)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig. 1969. “Two Atypical Multiplication Tables from Uruk.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 22 (3/4): 88–91. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359124. [JCS 22, 088-091 (Aaboe1969JCS22)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig. 1969. A Computed List of New Moons for 319 B.C. to 316 B.C. from Babylon : B.M. 40094. Vol. 37/3. Det Konegelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Mathematisk-Fysiske Meddelelser. København : Munksgaard. [KDVSMM 37/3, 3-25 (40094 only) (Aaboe1969KDVSMM37/3)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig. 1972. “Remarks on the Theoretical Treatment of Eclipses in Antiquity,” Journal for the History of Astronomy, 3 (2): 105–18. [JHA 3 (pp. 105-118) (Aaboe1972JHA3)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig. 1974. “Scientific Astronomy in Antiquity,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 276 (1257): 21–42. [PTRSL A.276/1257 (pp. 21-42) (Aaboe1974PTRSLA.276/1257)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig. 1975, Archives Internationales d’Histoire des Sciences, 25/97. [Aaboe, AIHS 25/97 (Aaboe1975AIHS25/97)]

Aaboe, Asger Hartvig, and N. T. Hamilton. 1979. “Contributions to the Study of Babylonian Lunar Theory.” Matematisk-Fysiske Meddelelser (Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab). [KDVSMM 40/6 (Aaboe1979KDVSMM40/6)]

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CDLI contributors. 2026. “Aaboe, Asger Hartvig - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. July 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/2658.

CDLI contributors. (2026, July 18). Aaboe, Asger Hartvig - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/2658

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CDLI contributors. 2026. “Aaboe, Asger Hartvig - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. July 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/2658.

CDLI contributors. (2026, July 18). Aaboe, Asger Hartvig - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/2658

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