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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

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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)

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  • Material: Clay
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  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 035564 + BM 040081 (+) BM 077256
  • Accession No.: Sp 3, 0071 + 1881-02-01, 0045

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-08 at 11:49:59 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
2023-09-09 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
2015-09-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ACT 0207d Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481618.
ACT 0207d artifact entry (No. P481618). (2024, November 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481618 (Original work published 2015)
ACT 0207d artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481618 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
@misc{2024ACT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 8},
	title = {ACT 0207d artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481618},
}


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