MUL.APIN, text U (P496534)

Astral sciences tablet and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 036627 + BM 037112 + BM 037144 + BM 037473

Period

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (mul.apin)

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Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (mul.apin)
Language(s)

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Record

CDLI number	P496534
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P496534

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 036627 + BM 037112 + BM 037144 + BM 037473
Accession Number	1880-06-17, 0357 + 1880-06-17, 0861 + 1880-06-17, 0894 + 1880-06-17, 1230

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.36627
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-0617-357

References

primary: MUL.APIN, text U

[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: JCS 69 (pp. 247-260), 258

[Fincke2017JCS69] Fincke, Jeanette C. 2017. “Additional MUL.APIN Fragments in the British Museum.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 69: 247–60.
history: MUL.APIN (updated edition), text U

[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. 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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-04 at 17:06:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-11 at 09:52:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-11 at 08:10:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-11 at 06:46:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-10 at 15:17:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-08 at 16:05:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-25 at 10:01:42	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
2015-12-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“MUL.APIN, Text U Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P496534.

MUL.APIN, text U artifact entry (No. P496534). (2025, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496534 (Original work published 2015)

MUL.APIN, text U artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496534 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MUL.APIN, Text U Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P496534.

MUL.APIN, text U artifact entry (No. P496534). (2025, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496534 (Original work published 2015)

MUL.APIN, text U artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496534 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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