ADART 5, 012 (P496555)

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 036612 + BM 037043 + BM 037107

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	P496555
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P496555

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 036612 + BM 037043 + BM 037107
Accession Number	1880-06-17, 0342 + 1880-06-17, 0787 + 1880-06-17, 0856

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.36612
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-0617-342

References

primary: ADART 5, 12

[Hunger2001ADART5] Hunger, Hermann, Abraham J. Sachs, and John M. Steele. 2001. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia. Vol. 5: Lunar and Planetary Texts. Denkschriften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Band 299. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-05 at 16:06:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2015-12-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“ADART 5, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P496555.

ADART 5, 012 artifact entry (No. P496555). (2025, April 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496555 (Original work published 2015)

ADART 5, 012 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496555 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 5},
	title = {ADART 5, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P496555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P496555},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ADART 5, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P496555.

ADART 5, 012 artifact entry (No. P496555). (2025, April 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496555 (Original work published 2015)

ADART 5, 012 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496555 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

@misc{2025ADART,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 5},
	title = {ADART 5, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P496555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P496555},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P496555
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - ADART 5, 012 artifact entry
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