ADART 2, no. -185 B (P522016)

Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 046051

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (Astronomical diary)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (Astronomical diary)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.126
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P522016
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P522016

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 046051
Accession Number	1881-07-06, 0498

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1881-0706-498

References

primary: ADART 2, no. -185 B

[Hunger1989ADART2] Sachs, Abraham J., and Hermann Hunger. 1989. Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vol. 2. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Wien.
history: Archive for History of Exact Sciences 74 (pp. 587-603)

[deJong2020AHES74/6] Jong, Teije de, and Hermann Hunger. 2020. “Babylonian Observations of a Unique Planetary Configuration.” Archive for History of Exact Sciences 74 (6): 587–603.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-23 at 08:30:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-20 at 15:38:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-30 at 19:29:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-27 at 10:06:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-22 at 09:24:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2020-12-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“ADART 2, No. -185 B Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P522016.

ADART 2, no. -185 B artifact entry (No. P522016). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P522016 (Original work published 2020)

ADART 2, no. -185 B artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P522016 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 23},
	title = {ADART 2, no. -185 {B} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P522016},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P522016},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“ADART 2, No. -185 B Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P522016.

ADART 2, no. -185 B artifact entry (No. P522016). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P522016 (Original work published 2020)

ADART 2, no. -185 B artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P522016 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

@misc{2025ADART,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 23},
	title = {ADART 2, no. -185 {B} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P522016},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P522016},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/5/23/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P522016
LB  - CDLI:P522016
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - ADART 2, no. -185 B artifact entry
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