LBAT 0740 (P364869)

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 035486

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (diary Astronomical diary.)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P364869
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P364869

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 035486
Accession Number	Sp 2, 1078

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.35486
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-1078

References

primary: LBAT, 740

[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 4, p. 233

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-02-10 at 16:21:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	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 0740 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364869.

LBAT 0740 artifact entry (No. P364869). (2025, February 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364869 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 0740 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364869 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“LBAT 0740 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P364869.

LBAT 0740 artifact entry (No. P364869). (2025, February 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364869 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 0740 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364869 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 10},
	title = {LBAT 0740 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364869},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364869},
}

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