Fs Biggs 150-151 fig. 1 (P384792)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033535

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Astronomical; eclipse report for SE 232.)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (eclipse Astronomical; eclipse report for SE 232.)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P384792
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P384792

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 033535
Accession Number	Rm 4, 091

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.33535
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Rm-IV-91

References

primary: Fs Biggs 150-151 fig. 1

[Hunger2007FsBiggs] Hunger, Hermann. 2007. “How To Make The Gods Speak: A Late Babylonian Tablet Related to the Microzodiac.” In Studies Presented to Robert D. Biggs, June 4, 2004, 2:141–52. From the Workshop of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary. Chicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-18 at 11:42:11	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 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2008-04-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Fs Biggs 150-151 Fig. 1 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P384792.

Fs Biggs 150-151 fig. 1 artifact entry (No. P384792). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P384792 (Original work published 2008)

Fs Biggs 150-151 fig. 1 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P384792 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Fs Biggs 150-151 Fig. 1 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P384792.

Fs Biggs 150-151 fig. 1 artifact entry (No. P384792). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P384792 (Original work published 2008)

Fs Biggs 150-151 fig. 1 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P384792 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P384792},
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