LBAT 0079 + 0080 (+) 0081 (P363832)

Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034890 + BM 034973 (+) BM 035120

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (table Full moons for (at least) two years.)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (table Full moons for (at least) two years.)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P363832 P363833 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P363832

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 034890 + BM 034973 (+) BM 035120
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0399 + Sp 2, 0496 (+) Sp 2, 0665

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.34890
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-399

References

primary: LBAT, 79 + 80 (+) 81

[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, 0129

[Neugebauer1955ACT] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1955. Astronomical Cuneiform Texts.
history: Neugebauer, Exact Sciences, pl. 14

[Neugebauer1969ExactSciences] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1969. The Exact Sciences in Antiquity (2nd Edition). Dover publication, New York. https://ia800708.us.archive.org/12/items/TheExactSciencesInAntiquity/The%20Exact%20Sciences%20in%20Antiquity.pdf.

(BM 34973 = Sp 2, 496 only)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-23 at 18:12:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 14:27:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-20 at 09:15:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-28 at 09:54:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-03-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Robson, Eleanor		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“LBAT 0079 + 0080 (+) 0081 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P363832.

LBAT 0079 + 0080 (+) 0081 artifact entry (No. P363832). (2025, April 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P363832 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 0079 + 0080 (+) 0081 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P363832 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“LBAT 0079 + 0080 (+) 0081 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P363832.

LBAT 0079 + 0080 (+) 0081 artifact entry (No. P363832). (2025, April 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P363832 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 0079 + 0080 (+) 0081 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P363832 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	month = {apr 23},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P363832},
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