LBAT 1218* (P364021)
Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 032286Period
Hellenistic (323-63 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Astronomical; Goal Year text for SE 90; includes lunar eclipse on 2/3 Nov 240 BC.)Language(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Astronomical; Goal Year text for SE 90; includes lunar eclipse on 2/3 Nov 240 BC.)
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primary: LBAT, 1218*
[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.
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history: ADART 6, 6
[Hunger2006ADART6] Sachs, Abraham J., and Hermann Hunger. 2006. Goal Year Texts. Vol. 6. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Wien.
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history: OrNS 02 (pp. 97-116), 105-7, 114-5
[Kugler1933OrNS2] Kugler, Franz Xaver, and P. J. Schaumberger. 1933. “Drei Babylonische Planetentafeln Der Seleukidenzeit.” Orientalia NS 2: 97–116.
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history: AnOr 6, p.1-12, p. 1-12
[Schaumberger1933Hilfstafeln] Schaumberger, Johann. 1933. “Drei Planetarische Hilfstafeln.” In Keilschriftliche Miscellanea, edited by P. Anton Deimel, 1–12. Analecta Orientalia 6. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico.
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history: Stephenson, HEER, 155, 200
[Stephenson1997HEER] Stephenson, F. Richard. 1997. Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation. Cambridge University Press.
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- Museum No.: BM 032286
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 2014
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
- Dates Referenced: HE.SE.090
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2025-05-23 at 08:30:05 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2025-04-04 at 15:12:37 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2024-11-03 at 09:52:56 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2024-11-01 at 17:27:22 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2024-08-01 at 18:27:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2024-07-16 at 16:01:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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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 |
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2007-03-05 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Robson, Eleanor | CDLI | approved |
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