LBAT 0271 + 0272 + 0273 (P364474)
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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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 032889 + BM 032967 + BM 041614 + BM 041618Period
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, 271 + 272 + 273
[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. -246
[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.
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history: Stephenson, HEER, 117, 122
[Stephenson1997HEER] Stephenson, F. Richard. 1997. Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation. Cambridge University Press.includes solar eclipse possibility on 7 Sept 247 BC.
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- Museum No.: BM 032889 + BM 032967 + BM 041614 + BM 041618
- Accession No.: 1877-11-14, 0018 + 1877-11-14, 0019 + 1878-05-31, 0056 + 1881-06-25, 0229 + 1881-06-25, 0233
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
- Dates Referenced: HE.SE.065
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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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| 2024-10-19 at 15:13:54 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-10-29 at 22:09:26 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-06-19 at 23:50:08 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Melin-Kronsell, Nils; Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune | 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.32889) (BM.32889)
- Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts 2 (X202460) (X202460)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1877-1114-18) (W_1877-1114-18)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025LBAT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-13]},
year = {2025},
month = {may 23},
title = {LBAT 0271 + 0272 + 0273 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P364474},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364474},
}
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