LBAT 0498 + 0869 (P364660)

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 041479 + Rm 0710

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

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 498 + 869

    [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: ZA 006 (pp. 217-244), 235

    [Epping1891ZA6] Epping, Jos., and Johann N. Strassmaier. 1891. “Neue Babylonische Planeten-Tafeln : III.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 6: 217–44.

    (Rm 710 only, copy)

  • history: ADART 3, no. -88 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.

    (including the unnumbered fragment, but not 41479)

  • history: ADART 4, no. -88 A

    [Hunger2006ADART4] Hunger, Hermann, and Abraham J. Sachs. 2006. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Vol 4. Undated Diaries and Addenda. Denkschriften Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse 545.

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  • Museum No.: BM 041479 + Rm 0710
  • Accession No.: Rm 0710

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.223
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-16 at 15:07:40 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2025-02-10 at 09:36:12 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-23 at 09:46:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-21 at 11:03:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-21 at 11:00:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 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 0498 + 0869 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364660.
LBAT 0498 + 0869 artifact entry (No. P364660). (2025, June 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364660 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 0498 + 0869 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364660 (Accessed: June 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 16},
	title = {LBAT 0498 + 0869 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364660},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364660},
}


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