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MUL.APIN are ancient cuneiform tablets that were created around the 1100s BC to catalog the constellations of the day. The tablets were created in sets of three, repeatedly duplicated as needed until the 300s BC. It is believed that a number of constellations presented in these tablets were used in the cataloging efforts of Eudoxus of Cnidus.

[edit] References

• "The Origin of the Greek Constellations": Bradley Schaefer; Scientific American, November 2006

[edit] External Links

• Explanation of MUL.APIN tablets by Gary D. Thompson
• "The Mul.Apin Tablets" by Dr. Shepherd Simpson