ACT 0200 (P481514)

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 032167 + BM 032172 + BM 032451 + BM 032651 + BM 032663 + BM 032744 + BM 032752

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (procedure procedure text for moon)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ACT, 0200 (including 200aa)

    [Neugebauer1955ACT] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1955. Astronomical Cuneiform Texts.

  • history: Aaboe, AIHS 25/97, 208-211

    [Aaboe1975AIHS25/97] Aaboe, Asger. 1975, Archives Internationales d’Histoire des Sciences, 25/97.

  • history: JCS 07, 100-2, 100-102

    [Neugebauer1953JCS 7] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1953. “The Rising Times in Babylonian Astronomy.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 7 (3): 100–102. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359546.

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  • history: Ossendrijver, BMAPT, no. 53

    [Ossendrijver2012BMAPT] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences . New York : Springer.

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  • Museum No.: BM 032167 + BM 032172 + BM 032451 + BM 032651 + BM 032663 + BM 032744 + BM 032752
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1894 + 1876-11-17, 1899 + 1876-11-17, 2188 + 1876-11-17, 2418 + 1876-11-17, 2431 + 1876-11-17, 2514 + 1876-11-17, 2523

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-10-04 at 15:32:00 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-27 at 13:29:00 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-10 at 15:04:48 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-07 at 16:00:07 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-07 at 15:55:13 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-07 at 14:20:52 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-20 at 09:15:11 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-08-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“ACT 0200 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481514.
ACT 0200 artifact entry (No. P481514). (2025, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481514 (Original work published 2015)
ACT 0200 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481514 (Accessed: November 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-20]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {ACT 0200 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481514},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481514},
}

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DA  - 2025/10/4/
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TI  - ACT 0200 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“ACT 0200 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481514.
ACT 0200 artifact entry (No. P481514). (2025, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481514 (Original work published 2015)
ACT 0200 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481514 (Accessed: November 20, 2025).
@misc{2025ACT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-20]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {ACT 0200 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481514},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481514},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/10/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P481514
LB  - CDLI:P481514
M1  - 2025/11/20/
TI  - ACT 0200 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481514
ER  - 
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