5. Pointless Test

On the face of it, this exercise of matching the Babylonian record to modern computations seems pointless. Historians of astronomy worked diligently to evaluate the Babylonian observations, and there are no obvious grounds for repeating their calculations.

Still, some long-standing astronomical disputes resist a denouement. Despite centuries of scholarly study, contentious issues concerning Ptolemy's Almagest remain unresolved.

Perhaps a comprehensive inspection of the Diaries will reveal that Babylonian astronomy is open to question.