LBAT 0173 (BM 045673) (P364401)

Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 042803 + BM 042974 (+) BM 045673

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (Astronomical Diary)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 173

    [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.

    (BM 45673)

  • history: ADART 1, no. -375 A

    [Hunger1988ADART1] Sachs, Abraham J., and Hermann Hunger. 1988. Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vol. 1. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Wien.

  • history: NABU 2017/081 (edition with new joins)

    [Mitsuma2017NABU81] Mitsuma, Yasuyuki. 2017. “BM 42803 + 42974: A New Fragment of the Astronomical Diary -375A.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2017 (3).

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  • Museum No.: BM 042803 + BM 042974 (+) BM 045673
  • Accession No.: 1881-07-01, 0567 + 1881-07-01, 0738 (+) 1881-07-06, 0070

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes2.29
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-20 at 09:51:12 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-25 at 15:14:36 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-24 at 16:18:27 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-17 at 14:25:17 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-19 at 23:50:08 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Melin-Kronsell, Nils; Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2007-03-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Robson, Eleanor CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“LBAT 0173 (BM 045673) Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364401.
LBAT 0173 (BM 045673) artifact entry (No. P364401). (2025, April 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364401 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0173 (BM 045673) artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364401 (Accessed: June 21, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364401},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364401},
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