LBAT 1622 (P364366)
Astrology 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 035072 (+) BM 047755 (+) BM 047913Period
Hellenistic (323-63 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Astral sciences > Astrology, Ritual and liturgical > Incantation, Literary, Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical prescriptions)Measurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Astral sciences > Astrology, Ritual and liturgical > Incantation, Literary, Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical prescriptions)
- Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian
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primary: LBAT, 1622
[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: BPOA 03, 147-180
[Böck2007BPOA3] Böck, Barbara. 2007. Das Handbuch Muššu)u “Einreibung” : Eine Serie Sumerischer Und Akkadischer Beschwörungen Aus Dem 1. Jt. Vor Chr. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 3. Madrid : Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.(47913 only)
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history: Melothesia, 85-87
[Geller2014Melothesia] Geller, Markham J. 2014. Melothesia in Babylonia. Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures 2. De Gruyter Inc., Boston/Berlin/Munich.BM 047755 only
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citation: AuOr 9 (pp. 91-104), 97 n. 9
[Finkel1991AuOr9] Finkel, Irving L. 1991. “Muššu’u, Qutaru, the Scribe Tanittu-Bel.” Aula Orientalis 9: 91–104.
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- Museum No.: BM 035072 (+) BM 047755 (+) BM 047913
- Accession No.: Sp 2, 0608 (+) 1881-11-03, 0460 (+) 1881-11-03, 0620
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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| 2025-08-22 at 18:42:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-08-05 at 08:26:01 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-04 at 11:57:25 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-04-13 at 08:00:53 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 | 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.35072) (BM.35072)
- The British Museum Collection (W_Sp-II-608) (W_Sp-II-608)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025LBAT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-09]},
year = {2025},
month = {aug 22},
title = {LBAT 1622 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P364366},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364366},
}
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