ACT 0819a (P481669)
Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 046056Period
Hellenistic (323-63 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (procedure procedure text for jupiter)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (procedure procedure text for jupiter)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: ACT, 0819a
[Neugebauer1955ACT] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1955. Astronomical Cuneiform Texts.
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history: Ossendrijver, BMAPT, no. 39
[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 046056
- Accession No.: 1881-07-06, 0503
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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| 2025-04-20 at 15:38:34 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-11-07 at 14:20:52 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-10-20 at 09:15:11 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2015-09-18 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.46056) (BM.46056)
- British Museum Collection (W_1881-0706-503) (W_1881-0706-503)
Cite this Artifacts
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-23]},
year = {2025},
month = {apr 20},
title = {ACT 0819a artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P481669},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481669},
}
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