LBAT 1564 (P364312)

Astrology 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 045697

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Astral sciences > Astrology (astrology Astrological omens)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 1564

    [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: PSBA 31, pl iv (pp 24-25)

    [Pinches1909PSBAIshtar] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1909. “The Goddess Istar in Assyro-Babylonian Literature.” Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 31: 20–37.

  • history: Weidner, HBA 118ff

    [Weidner1915HBA] Weidner, Ernst F. 1915. Handbuch Der Babylonischen Astronomie. Vol. 23. Assyriol. Bibl.

  • citation: Fs Borger (CM 10, pp. 215 - 302), p. 299

    [Reiner1998CM10] Reiner, Erica. 1998. “Celestial Omen Tablets and Fragments in the British Museum.” Eine Festschrift Für Rykle Borger Zu Seinem 65. Geburtstag Am 24. Mai 1994 : Tikip Santakki Mala Bašmu, Cuneiform Monographs, 10: 215–302.

  • citation: CCP 3.1.54 (<http://ccp.yale.edu/P364312>)

    [sec96126] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM 045697
  • Accession No.: 1881-07-06, 0102

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-20 at 09:51:12 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-04-12 at 15:36:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-04-11 at 08:14:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-04-11 at 08:10:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-04-11 at 08:00:12 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-04-11 at 06:46:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-18 at 10:24:06 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2007-03-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Robson, Eleanor CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“LBAT 1564 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364312.
LBAT 1564 artifact entry (No. P364312). (2025, April 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364312 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 1564 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364312 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
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	title = {LBAT 1564 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364312},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“LBAT 1564 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364312.
LBAT 1564 artifact entry (No. P364312). (2025, April 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364312 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 1564 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364312 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 20},
	title = {LBAT 1564 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364312},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364312},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P364312
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