LBAT 1277 + 1278 (+) 1279 (P364066)
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 034658 + BM 035787 + Sp 2, 0157 (+) BM 035341Period
Hellenistic (323-63 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Goal Year text for SE 186; includes lunar eclipse on 17/18 Feb 143 BC.)Language(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Goal Year text for SE 186; includes lunar eclipse on 17/18 Feb 143 BC.)
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primary: LBAT, 1277 + 1278 (+) 1279
[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, 62
[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: Stephenson, HEER, 157-9 (Figs. 6.3, 6.4), 182, 187 (all as 35787)
[Stephenson1997HEER] Stephenson, F. Richard. 1997. Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation. Cambridge University Press.
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- Museum No.: BM 034658 + BM 035787 + Sp 2, 0157 (+) BM 035341
- Accession No.: Sp 2, 0141 + Sp 2, 0157 + Sp 3, 0313 (+) Sp 2, 0915
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
- Dates Referenced: HE.SE.186
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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 10:28:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-09 at 14:27:14 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-03 at 12:59:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-01 at 19:27:16 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | 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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| 2023-01-21 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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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.34658) (BM.34658)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025LBAT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-06]},
year = {2025},
month = {may 23},
title = {LBAT 1277 + 1278 (+) 1279 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P364066},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364066},
}
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