LBAT 1198 (P364007)

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 045982

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (almanac Almanac for SE 355)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 1198

    [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: ADART 7, 215

    [Hunger2014ADART7] Sachs, Abraham J., and Hermann Hunger. 2014. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia: Volume 7. Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. Vol. 7. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1vw0qhd.

  • history: AOAT 025 (pp. 379-398), 386-9, pl XVI

    [Sachs1976AOAT25] Sachs, Abraham J. 1976. “The Latest Datable Cuneiform Tablets.” In Kramer Anniversary Volume. Cuneiform Studies in Honor of Samuel Noah Kramer, edited by B. L. Eichelr, 25:379–98. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament (AOAT).

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  • Museum No.: BM 045982
  • Accession No.: 1881-07-06, 0425

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.355
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-23 at 08:30:05 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-06 at 15:45:15 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-04 at 15:42:40 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-26 at 13:25:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 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 1198 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364007.
LBAT 1198 artifact entry (No. P364007). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364007 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 1198 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364007 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364007},
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