LBAT 1242 (P364037)

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 041098

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (goal year Goal Year Text for SE 124)

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 1242

    [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 6, 24

    [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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  • Museum No.: BM 041098
  • Accession No.: 1881-04-28, 0645

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.124 ?
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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
2025-05-19 at 18:43:18 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-04 at 15:12:37 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-02 at 16:30:31 Firth, Richard Artifact 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 1242 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364037.
LBAT 1242 artifact entry (No. P364037). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364037 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 1242 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364037 (Accessed: July 24, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-24]},
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	month = {may 23},
	title = {LBAT 1242 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364037},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364037},
}


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