LBAT 0442 (P364615)

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 035201

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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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 442

    [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. -131 A.

    [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.

    Note that LBAT dated the diary to SE 179, not 180.

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  • Museum No.: BM 035201
  • Accession No.: Sp 2, 0757

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.180
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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
2025-03-30 at 08:46:37 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
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 0442 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364615.
LBAT 0442 artifact entry (No. P364615). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364615 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0442 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364615 (Accessed: June 16, 2025).
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	month = {may 23},
	title = {LBAT 0442 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364615},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364615},
}


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