ACT 1011 (P481676)

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 036895

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P481676
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P481676

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 036895
Accession Number	1880-06-17, 0636

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.36895
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-0617-636

References

primary: ACT, 1011

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2015-09-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“ACT 1011 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481676.

ACT 1011 artifact entry (No. P481676). (2024, October 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481676 (Original work published 2015)

ACT 1011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481676 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2024ACT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 20},
	title = {ACT 1011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481676},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481676},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P481676
LB  - CDLI:P481676
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - ACT 1011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481676
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“ACT 1011 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P481676.

ACT 1011 artifact entry (No. P481676). (2024, October 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481676 (Original work published 2015)

ACT 1011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481676 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2024ACT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 20},
	title = {ACT 1011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481676},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481676},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P481676
LB  - CDLI:P481676
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - ACT 1011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481676
ER  -