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

Cite

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

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced	Darius1.33.11.12
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P254426
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P254426

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 047860
Accession Number	1881-11-03, 0567

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.47860
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1881-1103-567

References

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.

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

Cite this Artifact

“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: May 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254426},
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Cite this Artifact

“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: May 13, 2026).

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	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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