LBAT 0240 (P364452)

Astral sciences 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 045772

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 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, 240

    [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. -276

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 045772
  • Accession No.: 1881-07-06, 0186

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.035
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-23 at 08:30:05 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-20 at 09:51:12 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-03 at 14:02:07 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-30 at 14:04:16 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
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 0240 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364452.
LBAT 0240 artifact entry (No. P364452). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364452 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0240 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364452 (Accessed: June 21, 2025).
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	month = {may 23},
	title = {LBAT 0240 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364452},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364452},
}


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