ADART 7, 34 (P257949)

Astral sciences tablet dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00499

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (Astronomical. 9x9 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (Astronomical. 9x9 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.099
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P257949
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P257949

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 00499
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	453920
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.499

References

primary: ADART 7, 34

[Hunger2014ADART7] Sachs, Abraham J., and Hermann Hunger. 2014. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia: Volume 7. Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. Vol. 7. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1vw0qhd.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-17 at 13:08:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-04 at 15:51:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-04 at 15:49:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“ADART 7, 34 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257949.

ADART 7, 34 artifact entry (No. P257949). (2025, June 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257949 (Original work published 2005)

ADART 7, 34 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257949 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“ADART 7, 34 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257949.

ADART 7, 34 artifact entry (No. P257949). (2025, June 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257949 (Original work published 2005)

ADART 7, 34 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257949 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 17},
	title = {ADART 7, 34 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257949},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257949},
}

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