AHES 60, Text E (P363736)

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 032414 + BM 032455 + BM 032704 + BM 032773 (+) BM 032499

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; (+)34253+34354+34420)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: AHES 60 (2006) 123-153, Text E

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

  • history: ACT, 0005

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

  • history: LBAT, 10 + 11 + 12 + 13

    [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.

    (34041 + 34094 + 34734 + 34778 only)

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  • Museum No.: BM 032414 + BM 032455 + BM 032704 + BM 032773 (+) BM 032499
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 2148 + 1876-11-17, 2192 + 1876-11-17, 2473 + 1876-11-17, 2545 (+) 1876-11-17, 2238

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-27 at 15:52:08 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-07 at 19:28:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-07 at 15:27:16 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-20 at 09:15:11 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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 E Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P363736.
AHES 60, Text E artifact entry (No. P363736). (2025, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P363736 (Original work published 2007)
AHES 60, Text E artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P363736 (Accessed: July 8, 2025).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {AHES 60, {Text} {E} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P363736},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P363736},
}


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