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MMEW pl. 1, p. 20 (P254426)

Astrology tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 047860

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Astral sciences > Astrology, Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (coeff. list)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Astral sciences > Astrology, Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (coeff. list)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: MMEW, pl. 1, p. 20

[Livingstone1986MMEW] Livingstone, Alasdair. 1986. Mystical and Mythological Explanatory Works of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Oxford : Clarendon.
history: OECT 14, p. 204-205, list J

[Robson1999OECT14] Robson, Eleanor. 1999. Mesopotamian Mathematics, 2100-1600 BC. Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 14. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 047860
Accession No.: 1881-11-03, 0567

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced: Darius1.33.11.12
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-19 at 14:41:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-06 at 14:55:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact 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
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.47860) (BM.47860)
British Museum Collection (W_1881-1103-567) (W_1881-1103-567)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MMEW Pl. 1, p. 20 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P254426.

MMEW pl. 1, p. 20 artifact entry (No. P254426). (2026, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254426 (Original work published 2005)

MMEW pl. 1, p. 20 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254426 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254426},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254426},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MMEW Pl. 1, p. 20 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P254426.

MMEW pl. 1, p. 20 artifact entry (No. P254426). (2026, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254426 (Original work published 2005)

MMEW pl. 1, p. 20 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254426 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 19},
	title = {MMEW pl. 1, p. 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254426},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254426},
}

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