LBAT 1419* (P364180)
Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 032234Period
Hellenistic (323-63 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Astronomical; lunar eclipse table.)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Astronomical; lunar eclipse table.)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: LBAT, 1419*
[Pinches1955LBAT] Pinches, Theophilus G., Johann N. Strassmaier, and Abraham J. Sachs. 1955. Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts. Brown University Studies, Vol. 18. Providence, R.I.: Brown university press.
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history: NABU 2019/080
[Huber2019NABU80] Huber, Peter J. 2019. “Dating the Death of Xerxes.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2019 (3).
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history: ADART 5, 4
[Hunger2001ADART5] Hunger, Hermann, Abraham J. Sachs, and John M. Steele. 2001. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Vol. 5: Lunar and Planetary Texts. Denkschriften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Band 299. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
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history: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), 205
[Kennedy1986JCS38] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1986. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: Part II: A Survey of Babylonian Texts, 626-605 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (2): 172–244. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359799.
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history: Stephenson, HEER, 149, 152-3, 166, 173-4, 198, 208
[Stephenson1997HEER] Stephenson, F. Richard. 1997. Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation. Cambridge University Press.includes lunar eclipses on 1/2 April 573 BC, 6/7 Oct 555 BC, 16/17 Oct 537 BC, 7/8 Nov 501 BC, 18/19 Nov 483 BC.
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history: NABU 1999/006 (comment only)
[Stolper1999NABU6] Stolper, Matthew W. 1999. “Late Achaemenid Babylonian Chronology.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1999 (1).
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- Museum No.: BM 032234
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1961
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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2025-05-27 at 13:29:00 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2025-04-05 at 16:06:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2024-10-23 at 16:35:30 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2024-09-08 at 15:20:13 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2024-09-08 at 15:18:34 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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2007-03-05 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Robson, Eleanor | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.32234) (BM.32234)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-1961) (W_1876-1117-1961)
Cite this Artifact
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