LBAT 0005 + 0006 (P363734)

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 032762 (+) BM 034575 + BM 034687 + BM 065831 (+) BM 132282

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (ephemeris System A ephemeris for the moon, several columns, for SE 144-149; (+) 32762 (+)132282.)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (ephemeris System A ephemeris for the moon, several columns, for SE 144-149; (+) 32762 (+)132282.)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: LBAT, 5 + 6

[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.
history: BM Guide (3rd edition), 161

[BMGuide1922] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. 1922.
history: Kugler, Babylonische Mondrechnung, tf X

[Kugler1900Mondrechnung] Kugler, Franz Xaver. 1900. Die Babylonische Mondrechnung.
history: ACT, 0004

[Neugebauer1955ACT] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1955. Astronomical Cuneiform Texts.
history: Fs Walker p.293-318, p. 302-303

[Steele2002ephemerides] Steele, John M. 2002. “Some Lunar Ephemerides and Related Texts from Babylon.” In Mining the Archives. Festschrift for Christopher Walker, edited by Cornelia Wunsch, 293–318. Babylonische Archive 1. Dresden: ISLET.

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history: AHES 60 (2006) 123-153, Text D (with photograph)

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 032762 (+) BM 034575 + BM 034687 + BM 065831 (+) BM 132282
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 2533 (+) Sp 2, 0047 + Sp 2, 0174 + 1882-09-18, 05822 (+) 1958-04-12, 0016

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-21 at 15:52:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-31 at 15:59:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-27 at 15:52:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-07 at 19:28:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-09 at 14:27:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-10-22 at 16:28:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-10-20 at 09:15:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-27 at 16:48:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-08-01 at 18:20:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2007-03-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Robson, Eleanor		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.34575) (BM.34575)
The British Museum Collection (W_Sp-II-47) (W_Sp-II-47)

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Cite this Artifact

“LBAT 0005 + 0006 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P363734.

LBAT 0005 + 0006 artifact entry (No. P363734). (2025, June 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P363734 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 0005 + 0006 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P363734 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“LBAT 0005 + 0006 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P363734.

LBAT 0005 + 0006 artifact entry (No. P363734). (2025, June 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P363734 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 0005 + 0006 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P363734 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P363734},
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