LBAT 1484 (P364235)

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 034996

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 146(?).)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (goal year Goal Year Text for SE 146(?).)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P364235
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P364235

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 034996
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0520

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.34996
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-520

References

primary: LBAT, 1484

[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, 137

[Hunger2006ADART6] Sachs, Abraham J., and Hermann Hunger. 2006. Goal Year Texts. Vol. 6. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Wien.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-04 at 15:12:37	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
2024-11-01 at 19:54:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 Artifacts

“LBAT 1484 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364235.

LBAT 1484 artifact entry (No. P364235). (2025, April 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364235 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 1484 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364235 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364235},
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Cite this Artifacts

“LBAT 1484 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364235.

LBAT 1484 artifact entry (No. P364235). (2025, April 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364235 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 1484 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364235 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 4},
	title = {LBAT 1484 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364235},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364235},
}

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