LBAT 0254 (P364462)
Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 045959Period
Hellenistic (323-63 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, 254
[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.
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history: ADART 2, no. -256 B
[Hunger1989ADART2] Sachs, Abraham J., and Hermann Hunger. 1989. Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vol. 2. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Wien.(+) 45763 + 45690
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- Museum No.: BM 045959
- Accession No.: 1881-07-06, 0400
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
- Dates Referenced: HE.SE.055
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| 2025-05-23 at 08:30:05 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-04-03 at 13:57:24 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-03-30 at 14:27:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-03-27 at 17:16:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-03-25 at 17:45:17 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-10-23 at 07:49:00 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2007-03-05 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Robson, Eleanor | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.45959) (BM.45959)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1881-0706-400) (W_1881-0706-400)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025LBAT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
year = {2025},
month = {may 23},
title = {LBAT 0254 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P364462},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364462},
}
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