ACT 0813b (P481667)

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 036801

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 jupiter)

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ACT, 0813b

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

  • history: Ossendrijver, BMAPT, no. 21

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

  • history: Science 351 (2016) , 482-484 (text B)

    [Ossendrijver2016Science351] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2016. “Ancient Babylonian Astronomers Calculated Jupiter’s Position from the Area under a Time- Velocity Graph,” Science, 351 (6272): 482–84.

  • history: JNES 76 (pp. 231-247), 234, text E

    [Ossendrijver2017JNES76] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2017. “New Results on a Babylonian Scheme for Jupiter’s Motion along the Zodiac.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 76: 231–47.

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  • Museum No.: BM 036801
  • Accession No.: 1880-06-17, 0539

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-27 at 11:35:44 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 19:31:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-20 at 09:15:11 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2015-09-18 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ACT 0813b Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481667.
ACT 0813b artifact entry (No. P481667). (2025, April 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481667 (Original work published 2015)
ACT 0813b artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481667 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
@misc{2025ACT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 27},
	title = {ACT 0813b artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481667},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481667},
}


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