JCS 67, 187-215 (P482079)

Astrology tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 036303 + BM 036326 (+) BM 036628 + BM 036786 + BM 036817 + BM 037178 + BM 037197 (+) BM 036988

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Astral sciences > Astrology (astrological)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: JCS 67 (pp. 187-215), 187-215

    [Steele2015JCS67] Steele, John M. 2015. “A Late Babylonian Compendium of Calendrical and Stellar Astrology.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 67 (1): 187–215. https://doi.org/10.5615/jcunestud.67.2015.0187.

  • history: ISAW Papers 001

    [Jones2011ISAW1] Jones, Alexander, and John M. Steele. 2011. “A New Discovery of a Component of Greek Astrology in Babylonian Tablets: The ‘Terms.’” https://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/isaw-papers/1/.

    (BM 036628 + BM 036817 + BM 037197)


  • citation: Fs Borger (CM 10, pp. 215 - 302), p. 295

    [Reiner1998CM10] Reiner, Erica. 1998. “Celestial Omen Tablets and Fragments in the British Museum.” Eine Festschrift Für Rykle Borger Zu Seinem 65. Geburtstag Am 24. Mai 1994 : Tikip Santakki Mala Bašmu, Cuneiform Monographs, 10: 215–302.

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  • Museum No.: BM 036303 + BM 036326 (+) BM 036628 + BM 036786 + BM 036817 + BM 037178 + BM 037197 (+) BM 036988
  • Accession No.: 1880-06-17, 0029 + 1880-06-17, 0052 (+) 1880-06-17, 0358 + 1880-06-17, 0524 + 1880-06-17, 0556 + 1880-06-17, 0930 + 1880-06-17, 0950 (+) 1880-06-17, 0732

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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2025-04-11 at 10:39:28 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-11 at 08:10:50 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-11 at 06:46:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-10 at 15:17:02 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-21 at 15:51:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-20 at 18:10:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-07 at 12:15:16 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
2015-10-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“JCS 67, 187-215 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P482079.
JCS 67, 187-215 artifact entry (No. P482079). (2025, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P482079 (Original work published 2015)
JCS 67, 187-215 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P482079 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	month = {apr 11},
	title = {JCS 67, 187-215 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P482079},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P482079},
}

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