The most discussed and mysterious column within the Babylonian astronomy is column Φ. It is closely connected to the lunar velocity and to the duration of the Saros. This paper presents new ideas for the development and interpretation of column Φ. It combines the excellent Goal-Year method (for the prediction of Lunar Six time intervals) with old ideas and practices from the “schematic astronomy”. Inspired by the old “TU11” rule for prediction of times of lunar eclipses, it proposes that column Φ, in a similar way, used the sum of the Lunar Four to predict times of lunar eclipses as well as the duration of one, 6, and 12 months by means of what usually is called “R–S” schemes. It also explains fully the structure and development of such schemes, a fact that strongly supports the new interpretation of column Φ.

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巴比伦天文学：对Φ柱的新认识

巴比伦天文学中讨论最多和最神秘的专栏是 Φ 专栏。它与月球速度和沙罗的持续时间密切相关。本文为 Φ 柱的发展和解释提出了新的思路。它将优秀的目标年方法（用于预测农历六时间间隔）与来自“示意图天文学”的旧思想和实践相结合。受旧的“TU11”月食次数预测规则的启发，它提出Φ列以类似的方式使用四月之和来预测月食次数以及一、六、四的持续时间。通过通常称为“R-S”计划的方式为 12 个月。它还充分解释了此类方案的结构和发展，这一事实有力地支持了对 Φ 列的新解释。