LBAT 183* (+) LBAT 184* (+) LBAT 351* (P364409)
Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 032149 + BM 032886 (+) BM 032252 (+) BM 032529Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (Astronomical Diary)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: LBAT, 183*
[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 32886 only)
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history: ADART 1, no. -366 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.(+) 32252 (+) 32529
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history: Sachs, PTRSL A.276, 49, fig 10
[Sachs1974PTRSLA276] Sachs, Abraham J. 1974. “Babylonian Observational Astronomy,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, 276 (1257): 43–50.diary for -366
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- Museum No.: BM 032149 + BM 032886 (+) BM 032252 (+) BM 032529
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1876 + 1877-11-14, 0015 (+) 1876-11-17, 1979 (+) 1876-11-17, 2271
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes2.38
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- Accounting Period: 0
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