LBAT 1496 + 1497 (P364246)
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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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 034814 + BM 035708Period
Hellenistic (323-63 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (mul.apin MUL APIN)
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primary: LBAT, 1496 + 1497
[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: MUL.APIN, text C
[Hunger1989MUL.APIN] Hunger, Hermann, and David E. Pingree. 1989. Mul.Apin : An Astronomical Compendium in Cuneiform. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft 24. Horn, Austria : F. Berger.
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history: MUL.APIN (updated edition), text C
[Hunger2019MUL.APIN] Hunger, Hermann, and John M. Steele. 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World. London : Routledge.
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- Museum No.: BM 034814 + BM 035708
- Accession No.: Sp 2, 0312 + Sp 3, 0227
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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| 2025-04-21 at 18:06:59 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-09 at 14:27:14 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-08 at 16:05:48 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-10-25 at 10:01:42 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | 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.34814) (BM.34814)
- The British Museum Collection (W_Sp-II-312) (W_Sp-II-312)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025LBAT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-07]},
year = {2025},
month = {apr 21},
title = {LBAT 1496 + 1497 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P364246},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364246},
}
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