Silmia

Silmia
Silmia
Native name	ࡑࡉࡋࡌࡉࡀ(Classical Mandaic)
Calendar	Mandaean calendar
Month number	5
Number of days	30
Season	abhar(spring)
Gregorian equivalent	November / December
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Ṣilmia(Classical Mandaic:ࡑࡉࡋࡌࡉࡀ) is the fifth month of theMandaean calendar.^[1]^[2]

Silmia, which literally means 'sculptures',^[3]^: 210is the Mandaic name for the constellationGemini.^[1]It currently corresponds to November / December in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

References[edit]

^^a ^bBhayro, Siam (2020-02-10)."Cosmology in Mandaean Texts".Hellenistic Astronomy.Brill. pp. 572–579.doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046.ISBN 9789004243361.S2CID 213438712.Retrieved2021-09-03.
^Gelbert, Carlos (2005).The Mandaeans and the Jews.Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books.ISBN 0-9580346-2-1.OCLC 68208613.
^Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.

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[Bhayro_2020-1] Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10)."Cosmology in Mandaean Texts".Hellenistic Astronomy.Brill. pp. 572–579.doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046.ISBN 9789004243361.S2CID 213438712.Retrieved2021-09-03.

[Gelbert_2005-2] Gelbert, Carlos (2005).The Mandaeans and the Jews.Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books.ISBN 0-9580346-2-1.OCLC 68208613.

[GR_Gelbert-3] Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.

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