LBAT 1407 (P364173)

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 034561

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (observations Jupiter observations)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (observations Jupiter observations)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P364173
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P364173

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 034561
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0033

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.34561
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-33

References

primary: LBAT, 1407

[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 5, 77

[Hunger2001ADART5] Hunger, Hermann, Abraham J. Sachs, and John M. Steele. 2001. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Vol. 5: Lunar and Planetary Texts. Denkschriften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Band 299. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-05 at 16:06:03	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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	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	Artifact metadata	Robson, Eleanor		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“LBAT 1407 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364173.

LBAT 1407 artifact entry (No. P364173). (2025, April 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364173 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 1407 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364173 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“LBAT 1407 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364173.

LBAT 1407 artifact entry (No. P364173). (2025, April 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364173 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 1407 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364173 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 5},
	title = {LBAT 1407 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364173},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364173},
}

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