ACT 0006a (P481563)

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 041029 (+) BM 041075 (+) BM 041153

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (New moons & full moons for SE)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ACT, 0006a

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 041029 (+) BM 041075 (+) BM 041153
  • Accession No.: 1881-04-28, 0576 (+) 1881-04-28, 0622 (+) 1881-04-28, 0700

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-19 at 18:43:18 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-16 at 12:44:48 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
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2015-08-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ACT 0006a Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481563.
ACT 0006a artifact entry (No. P481563). (2025, May 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481563 (Original work published 2015)
ACT 0006a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481563 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
@misc{2025ACT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 19},
	title = {ACT 0006a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481563},
}


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