The intercalation of additional months was due to the fact that the Babylonian months were lunar.
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Intercalation
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Their exact relationship to the host-rock is obscure but from their texture and observed metamorphic relationship they are thought to be intrusive dykes rather than intercalations of more basic lava.
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