MUL.APIN, text N (P496531)

Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033724 + BM 033779

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Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (mul.apin)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • primary: MUL.APIN, text N

    [Hunger1989MUL.APIN] Hunger, Hermann, and David E. Pingree. 1989. Mul.Apin : An Astronomical Compendium in Cuneiform. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft 24. Horn, Austria : F. Berger.

  • history: MUL.APIN (updated edition), text N

    [Hunger2019MUL.APIN] Hunger, Hermann, and John M. Steele. 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World. London : Routledge.

  • citation: Fs Borger (CM 10, pp. 215 - 302), p. 293

    [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 033724 + BM 033779
  • Accession No.: Rm 4, 282 + Rm 4, 337

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2025-03-19 at 09:51:53 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-18 at 15:20:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-18 at 11:42:11 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-18 at 09:46:38 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-08 at 16:05:48 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-25 at 10:01:42 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
2015-12-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MUL.APIN, Text N Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P496531.
MUL.APIN, text N artifact entry (No. P496531). (2025, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496531 (Original work published 2015)
MUL.APIN, text N artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496531 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {MUL.{APIN}, text {N} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P496531},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P496531},
}


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