LBAT 0146 + 0147 + 0148 (P363773)

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 034081 + BM 034622 + BM 34846 + BM 042816 + BM 045851 + BM 046135

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (procedure Procedure text for Jupiter; mathematical rules for the area of a trapezoid; for the trapexoid cf ACT 817)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 146 + 147 + 148

    [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: ACT, 0813

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

  • history: Ossendrijver, BMAPT, no. 18

    [Ossendrijver2012BMAPT] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences . New York : Springer.

  • history: Science 351 (2016) , 482-484 (text C)

    [Ossendrijver2016Science351] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2016. “Ancient Babylonian Astronomers Calculated Jupiter’s Position from the Area under a Time- Velocity Graph,” Science, 351 (6272): 482–84.

  • history: JNES 76 (pp. 231-247), 234, text G

    [Ossendrijver2017JNES76] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2017. “New Results on a Babylonian Scheme for Jupiter’s Motion along the Zodiac.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 76: 231–47.

  • history: JHA 34 (pp. 269-289), 269-289

    [Steele2003JHA34] Steele, John M. 2003. “Planetary Latitudes in Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy,” Journal for the History of Astronomy, 34: 269–89.

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  • Museum No.: BM 034081 + BM 034622 + BM 34846 + BM 042816 + BM 045851 + BM 046135
  • Accession No.: Sp 0179 + Sp 2, 0102 + Sp 2, 0349 + 1881-07-01, 0580 + 1881-07-06, 0279 + 1881-07-06, 0590

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-29 at 13:40:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-27 at 11:39:18 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-17 at 14:28:45 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-10 at 10:04:33 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-08 at 10:58:03 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-07 at 14:20:52 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-20 at 19:31:39 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
2023-09-09 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
“LBAT 0146 + 0147 + 0148 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 29, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P363773.
LBAT 0146 + 0147 + 0148 artifact entry (No. P363773). (2025, April 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P363773 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0146 + 0147 + 0148 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P363773 (Accessed: July 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 29},
	title = {LBAT 0146 + 0147 + 0148 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P363773},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P363773},
}


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