LBAT 0378 (+) 0379 + 0891 + 0911 + 0993 (P364564)

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 041628 (+) BM 041670 + BM 041840 + BM 041915 + BM 042239

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, 378 (+) 379 + 891 + 911 + 993

    [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 3, no. -163 C

    [Hunger1996ADART3] Sachs, Abraham J., and Hermann Hunger. 1996. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vol. 3. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, vol. 3. Wien.

  • history: Stephenson, HEER, 170

    [Stephenson1997HEER] Stephenson, F. Richard. 1997. Historical Eclipses and Earth’s Rotation. Cambridge University Press.

  • history: Halley's Comet, Comet 28-33

    [Walker1985Halley'sComet] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1985. “Babylonian Observations of Halley’s Comet.” In Halley’s Comet in History, edited by F. Richard Stephenson and Christopher B. F. Walker. British Museum, London.

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  • Museum No.: BM 041628 (+) BM 041670 + BM 041840 + BM 041915 + BM 042239
  • Accession No.: 1881-06-25, 0244 (+) 1881-06-25, 0287 + 1881-06-25, 0535 + 1881-06-25, 0862

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.148
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-23 at 08:30:05 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-28 at 17:41:58 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-28 at 17:40:33 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-28 at 11:12:56 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-02 at 10:39:40 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-16 at 16:01:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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 0378 (+) 0379 + 0891 + 0911 + 0993 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364564.
LBAT 0378 (+) 0379 + 0891 + 0911 + 0993 artifact entry (No. P364564). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364564 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0378 (+) 0379 + 0891 + 0911 + 0993 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364564 (Accessed: June 23, 2025).
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	month = {may 23},
	title = {LBAT 0378 (+) 0379 + 0891 + 0911 + 0993 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364564},
}


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