LBAT 0259 + 0260 + 0953 (+) LBAT 0941 (P364466)

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 034105 + BM 041901 + BM 042041 (+) BM 042015

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, 259 + 260 + 953 (+) 941

    [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 2, no. -253 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.

  • history: ADART 4, p. 417

    [Hunger2006ADART4] Hunger, Hermann, and Abraham J. Sachs. 2006. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Vol 4. Undated Diaries and Addenda. Denkschriften Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse 545.

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  • history: Sachs, PTRSL A.276, 48, fig 5

    [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 034105 + BM 041901 + BM 042041 (+) BM 042015
  • Accession No.: Sp 0205 + 1881-06-25, 0521 + 1881-06-25, 0663 (+) 1881-06-25, 0637

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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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
2025-04-03 at 13:57:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-30 at 14:27:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-27 at 17:16:07 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-25 at 17:45:17 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-13 at 10:46:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-10 at 16:21:36 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
2023-01-21 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 0259 + 0260 + 0953 (+) LBAT 0941 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364466.
LBAT 0259 + 0260 + 0953 (+) LBAT 0941 artifact entry (No. P364466). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364466 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0259 + 0260 + 0953 (+) LBAT 0941 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364466 (Accessed: July 18, 2025).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {may 23},
	title = {LBAT 0259 + 0260 + 0953 (+) {LBAT} 0941 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364466},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364466},
}


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