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), alternatively known as Siwan (Classical Mandaic: ࡎࡉࡅࡀࡍ),^[1] is the fifth month of the Mandaean calendar.^[2]^[3]

Silmia, which literally means 'sculptures',^[4]^: 210 is the Mandaic name for the constellation Gemini.^[2] It currently corresponds to November / December in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

^ Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
^ ^a ^b Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
^ 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.

[Häberl_2022-1] Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.

[Bhayro_2020-2] Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

[Gelbert_2005-3] Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.

[GR_Gelbert-4] Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.

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