LBAT 1426 (+) 1427 (P364186)
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 034684 (+) BM 034787Period
Hellenistic (323-63 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Astronomical; lunar eclipse table. Includes lunar eclipses on 31 Oct 408 BC, 20/21 Oct 407 BC, 9/10 Oct 406 BC; Includes lunar eclipses on 24/25 Mar 442, 28/29 Sep 424 BC, 2/3 Feb 421 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; lunar eclipse table. Includes lunar eclipses on 31 Oct 408 BC, 20/21 Oct 407 BC, 9/10 Oct 406 BC; Includes lunar eclipses on 24/25 Mar 442, 28/29 Sep 424 BC, 2/3 Feb 421 BC.)
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primary: LBAT, 1426 (+) 1427
[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 5, 9
[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.
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history: Stephenson, HEER, 149, 153, 168-169 174-5 181, 198-9
[Stephenson1997HEER] Stephenson, F. Richard. 1997. Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation. Cambridge University Press.
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- Museum No.: BM 034684 (+) BM 034787
- Accession No.: Sp 2, 0171 (+) Sp 2, 0279
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-04-21 at 17:05:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-04-05 at 16:06:03 | 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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| 2024-07-16 at 16:01:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | 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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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.34684) (BM.34684)
- The British Museum Collection (W_Sp-II-171) (W_Sp-II-171)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025LBAT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-04]},
year = {2025},
month = {apr 21},
title = {LBAT 1426 (+) 1427 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P364186},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364186},
}
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