AHES 60, Text C (P363733)

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 041467 + BM 041937 + BM 041968 (+) BM 041865 + BM 132280

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (table Lunar System A, several columns, for SE 142; (+) 41467+)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: AHES 60 (2006) 123-153, Text C (with photograph)

    [Steele2006AHES60] Steele, John M. 2006. “Miscellaneous Lunar Tables from Babylon.” Archive for History of Exact Sciences 60 (2): 123–55.

  • history: ACT, 0003a, colophon Zja

    [Neugebauer1955ACT] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1955. Astronomical Cuneiform Texts.

  • history: LBAT, 2 + 3 + 4

    [Pinches1955LBAT] Pinches, Theophilus G., Johann N. Strassmaier, and Abraham J. Sachs. 1955. Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts. Brown University Studies, Vol. 18. Providence, R.I.: Brown university press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 041467 + BM 041937 + BM 041968 (+) BM 041865 + BM 132280
  • Accession No.: 1881-6-25, 0078 + 1881-6-25, 0558 + 1881-6-25, 0590 (+) 1881-6-25, 0485 + 1958-04-12, 0014

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-02-07 at 19:28:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-22 at 16:28:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-20 at 09:15:11 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2007-03-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Robson, Eleanor CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“AHES 60, Text C Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P363733.
AHES 60, Text C artifact entry (No. P363733). (2025, February 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P363733 (Original work published 2007)
AHES 60, Text C artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P363733 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 7},
	title = {AHES 60, {Text} {C} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P363733},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P363733},
}


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