LBAT 0189* (P364414)

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 046229 + 1882-07-04, 0083 + 1882-07-04, 0098 + 1882-07-04, 0113

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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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 189*

    [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 1, no. -346

    [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: Sachs, PTRSL A.276, 48, fig 8

    [Sachs1974PTRSLA276] Sachs, Abraham J. 1974. “Babylonian Observational Astronomy,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, 276 (1257): 43–50.

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  • Museum No.: BM 046229 + 1882-07-04, 0083 + 1882-07-04, 0098 + 1882-07-04, 0113
  • Accession No.: 1881-07-06, 0691 + 1882-07-04, 0083 + 1882-07-04, 0098 + 1882-07-04, 0113

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes3.12
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-26 at 17:59:55 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
2024-07-13 at 19:47:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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 0189* Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364414.
LBAT 0189* artifact entry (No. P364414). (2025, March 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364414 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0189* artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364414 (Accessed: July 24, 2025).
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