ACT 0613 (P481634)

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 033629

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (jupiter)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (jupiter)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P481634
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P481634

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 033629
Accession Number	Rm 4, 185

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.33629
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Rm-IV-185

References

primary: ACT, 613

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-18 at 15:20:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-18 at 11:42:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-10 at 13:48:34	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
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2015-09-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“ACT 0613 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481634.

ACT 0613 artifact entry (No. P481634). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481634 (Original work published 2015)

ACT 0613 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481634 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 18},
	title = {ACT 0613 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481634},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481634},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“ACT 0613 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481634.

ACT 0613 artifact entry (No. P481634). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481634 (Original work published 2015)

ACT 0613 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481634 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

@misc{2025ACT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 18},
	title = {ACT 0613 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481634},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481634},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/18/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P481634
LB  - CDLI:P481634
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - ACT 0613 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481634
ER  -