MUL.APIN, text V (P496532)

Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033791

Period

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (mul.apin)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (mul.apin)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P496532
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P496532

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 033791
Accession Number	Rm 4, 349 + Rm 4, 350

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.33791
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Rm-IV-349

References

primary: MUL.APIN, text V

[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.
history: MUL.APIN (updated edition), text V

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-28 at 18:32:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-18 at 15:20:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-18 at 11:42:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-18 at 09:46:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-08 at 16:05:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-25 at 10:01:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2015-12-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MUL.APIN, Text V Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P496532.

MUL.APIN, text V artifact entry (No. P496532). (2025, April 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496532 (Original work published 2015)

MUL.APIN, text V artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496532 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P496532},
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Cite this Artifact

“MUL.APIN, Text V Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P496532.

MUL.APIN, text V artifact entry (No. P496532). (2025, April 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496532 (Original work published 2015)

MUL.APIN, text V artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496532 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P496532},
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