LBAT 0495 + 0496 (P364659)

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, de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands

Museum Number

BM 041529 + BM 041546 + BM 132278 (+) LB1332

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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    quasi-join with LB 1332 (P389703)

  • primary: LBAT, 495 + 496

    [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. -90

    [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: Sachs, PTRSL A.276, 49, fig 13

    [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 041529 + BM 041546 + BM 132278 (+) LB1332
  • Accession No.: 1881-06-25, 0143 + 1881-06-25, 0160 + 1958-04-12, 0012

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-30 at 08:46:37 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-29 at 16:42:36 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
2024-07-13 at 19:47:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-29 at 22:09:26 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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 0495 + 0496 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364659.
LBAT 0495 + 0496 artifact entry (No. P364659). (2025, March 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364659 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0495 + 0496 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364659 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
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	month = {mar 30},
	title = {LBAT 0495 + 0496 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364659},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364659},
}


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