MUL.APIN, text M (P276605)

Divination tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1463

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (mul.apin Astronomical?; list of months? and days for (events?))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (mul.apin Astronomical?; list of months? and days for (events?))
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P276605
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P276605

Physical information

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

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	N 1463
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	570158
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	N.1463

References

primary: MUL.APIN, text M

[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 M

[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
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
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MUL.APIN, Text M Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P276605.

MUL.APIN, text M artifact entry (No. P276605). (2024, November 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276605 (Original work published 2005)

MUL.APIN, text M artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276605 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 8},
	title = {MUL.{APIN}, text {M} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P276605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276605},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“MUL.APIN, Text M Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P276605.

MUL.APIN, text M artifact entry (No. P276605). (2024, November 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P276605 (Original work published 2005)

MUL.APIN, text M artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P276605 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 8},
	title = {MUL.{APIN}, text {M} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P276605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P276605},
}

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DA  - 2024/11/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P276605
LB  - CDLI:P276605
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - MUL.APIN, text M artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P276605
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