Skip to main content
M:N3:17 5
Edit position
Edit position

Last set 1 day, 5 hours ago. Manual moves override automatic placement until the next shelfie/spine match.

Loading shelves…
Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture

by Mary Blomberg, Peter Blomberg, Goran Henriksson

Analysing timekeeping systems in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece, these seven papers explore how ancient calendars operated and were constructed, examining the astronomical and administrative methods used to define dates in the ancient world.

Accession 3388 ISBN 9781842173022 Publisher Uppsala University
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture spine
Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture cover
Live
Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture live spine
No live
Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture spine Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture live spine
Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Archaeology History Religion Science Time
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
True
position_updated_at
2026-06-12 14:14
orientation
vertical
position_confidence
1.00
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured

Metadata

Book form
LOCATION HISTORY
M:N3:17 5 Current vertical 1.00 conf
1 day, 5 hours ago
Book Location
Updated 1 day, 5 hours ago
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-06-12 22:25 (21 hours, 18 minutes ago)

Identity

name→ title
Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture
vernon_id
7208
accession_no→ accession_number
3388
vernon_slug
calendars-symbols-and-orientations-legacies-of-astronomy-in-culture

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
On Shelf
location_name
Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9781842173022

Descriptive

production_date
2003
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes only.

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
Mary Blomberg, Peter Blomberg, Goran Henriksson
tags→ tags
Auxiliary sciences of history, Science, Religion, Astronomy, Physical sciences, Calendars, Chronology, Historical, Mythology, Archaeoastronomy
subject_people
—
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
48911

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "calendars-symbols-and-orientations-legacies-of-astronomy-in-culture"
"opacObjectId": "7208"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "48911"
"cssColors": [2 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "fafad2"
"hue": 60
"rank": 1
"presence": 92.03
"colorName": "lightgoldenrodyellow"
"lightness": 90
"colorGroup": "yellow"
"saturation": 80
"formattedColorName": "light goldenrod yellow"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "bdb76b"
"hue": 56
"rank": 2
"presence": 1.28
"colorName": "darkkhaki"
"lightness": 58
"colorGroup": "yellow"
"saturation": 38
"formattedColorName": "dark khaki"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "faf5b5"
"hue": 55
"rank": 1
"presence": 92.03
"lightness": 84
"saturation": 87
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "454822"
"hue": 64
"rank": 2
"presence": 3.81
"lightness": 20
"saturation": 35
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "8a874a"
"hue": 57
"rank": 3
"presence": 1.28
"lightness": 41
"saturation": 30
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "aaa76c"
"hue": 57
"rank": 4
"presence": 2.65
"lightness": 54
"saturation": 26
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "7c733c"
"hue": 51
"rank": 5
"presence": 0.13
"lightness": 36
"saturation": 34
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "acaf89"
"hue": 64
"rank": 6
"presence": 0.09
"lightness": 61
"saturation": 19
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "bcb486"
"hue": 51
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.02
"lightness": 63
"saturation": 28
"imageLabels": [8 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 612
"score": 95.45
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Text"
"imageLabelId": 2114
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 19421
"score": 89.95
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Font"
"imageLabelId": 12
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 11836
"score": 78.92
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Poster"
"imageLabelId": 21
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 19169
"score": 71.46
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Publication"
"imageLabelId": 23
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 3215
"score": 60.21
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Graphics"
"imageLabelId": 16
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 15307
"score": 55.67
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Book"
"imageLabelId": 67
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 4993
"score": 55.58
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Science"
"imageLabelId": 180
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 5814
"score": 55.16
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Graphic design"
"imageLabelId": 17
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/35337/1a0bfbdcd533faf30d3cc00ea37d2d61f74ed6c1.jpg"
"width": "567"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/35337/1a0bfbdcd533faf30d3cc00ea37d2d61f74ed6c1.jpg"
"width": "284"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/35337/1a0bfbdcd533faf30d3cc00ea37d2d61f74ed6c1.jpg"
"width": "25"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/35337/1a0bfbdcd533faf30d3cc00ea37d2d61f74ed6c1.jpg"
"width": "106"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/35337/1a0bfbdcd533faf30d3cc00ea37d2d61f74ed6c1.jpg"
"width": "53"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/35337/1a0bfbdcd533faf30d3cc00ea37d2d61f74ed6c1.jpg"
"width": "851"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 0.30690107
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "3388"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "Calendars, symbols and orientations : legacies of astronomy in culture"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [3 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Blomberg, Mary"
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "Blomberg, Peter"
"[2]": {1 keys}
"value": "Henriksson, Goran"
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "2003"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "2003-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "2003-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes only."
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "On Shelf"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"On Shelf""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Main Collection/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Main Collection/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Uppsala/Sweden"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Uppsala University"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "159 pgs"
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "9781842173022"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "529 CAL"
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [5 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Astronomy/Physical sciences/Science"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Astronomy/Physical sciences/Science""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Science"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Science""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Calendars/Chronology, Historical/Auxiliary sciences of history"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Calendars/Chronology, Historical/Auxiliary sciences of history""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"value": "Mythology/Religion"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Mythology/Religion""
"[4]": {2 keys}
"value": "Archaeoastronomy/Astronomy/Physical sciences/Science"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Archaeoastronomy/Astronomy/Physical sciences/Science""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [3 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "mary-blomberg"
"title": "Mary Blomberg"
"relatedRecordId": "10691"
"[1]": {3 keys}
"slug": "peter-blomberg"
"title": "Peter Blomberg"
"relatedRecordId": "16251"
"[2]": {3 keys}
"slug": "goran-henriksson"
"title": "Goran Henriksson"
"relatedRecordId": "18515"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 3
"totalRelationships": 1
Topics and Themes