ACT 0207d (P481618)

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 035564 + BM 040081 (+) BM 077256

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)

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P481618
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P481618

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 035564 + BM 040081 (+) BM 077256
Accession Number	Sp 3, 0071 + 1881-02-01, 0045 (+) 1883-09-28, 0007

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.35564
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-III-71

References

primary: ACT, 0207d

[Neugebauer1955ACT] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1955. Astronomical Cuneiform Texts.
history: Ossendrijver, BMAPT, no. 79

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-24 at 17:53:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-08 at 11:49:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-07 at 14:20:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-20 at 09:15:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2015-09-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“ACT 0207d Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481618.

ACT 0207d artifact entry (No. P481618). (2025, April 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481618 (Original work published 2015)

ACT 0207d artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481618 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 24},
	title = {ACT 0207d artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481618},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ACT 0207d Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481618.

ACT 0207d artifact entry (No. P481618). (2025, April 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481618 (Original work published 2015)

ACT 0207d artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481618 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

@misc{2025ACT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 24},
	title = {ACT 0207d artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481618},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P481618
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - ACT 0207d artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481618
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