LBAT 0345 (P364532)

Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 035060

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

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (Astronomical diary)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.131
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P364532
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P364532

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 035060
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0593

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.35060
Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts 2 (ADsD, ARART 2)	X201801
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-593

References

primary: LBAT, 345

[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. -180 A

[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: Mitsuma, Yauyuki, NABU 2015/084

[Mitsuma2015NABU84] Mitsuma, Yasuyuki. 2015. “New Dating of the Late Babylonian Astronomical Diary -180A.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2015 (3).

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-23 at 08:30:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-30 at 14:27:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-27 at 17:16:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-25 at 17:45:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-19 at 23:50:08	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Melin-Kronsell, Nils; Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-03-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Robson, Eleanor		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“LBAT 0345 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364532.

LBAT 0345 artifact entry (No. P364532). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364532 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 0345 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364532 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“LBAT 0345 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364532.

LBAT 0345 artifact entry (No. P364532). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364532 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 0345 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364532 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 23},
	title = {LBAT 0345 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364532},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364532},
}

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