JNES 76, 232, text A (P497429)

Astral sciences tablet dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 040054

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences (Astronomical procedure text for Jupiter)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. _me igi 12 en 1 me 9.30_
2. 12_ u3 _9.30 21.30 a 30_
3. _10.45 a 1 10.45#_
4. _ta 1 me gi en# 1 me 1.30_
5. _9.30 u3 1.30 11 a.ra2 30 5.30_
6. 5.30 a 1 5.30 10.45 u3 5.30
  erasure in middle of line
7. _16.15 pap.pap ta igi en usz 16.15 du-du?_
reverse
  blank space

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: JNES 76 (pp. 231-247), 232, text A

    [Ossendrijver2017JNES76] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2017. “New Results on a Babylonian Scheme for Jupiter’s Motion along the Zodiac.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 76: 231–47.

  • history: Science 351 (2016) , 482-484 (text A)

    [Ossendrijver2016Science351] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2016. “Ancient Babylonian Astronomers Calculated Jupiter’s Position from the Area under a Time- Velocity Graph,” Science, 351 (6272): 482–84.

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  • Museum No.: BM 040054
  • Accession No.: 1881-02-01, 0018

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-27 at 09:55:07 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-20 at 19:31:39 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
2016-03-13 at 11:13:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-01-28 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“JNES 76, 232, Text A Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P497429.
JNES 76, 232, text A artifact entry (No. P497429). (2025, April 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P497429 (Original work published 2016)
JNES 76, 232, text A artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P497429 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 27},
	title = {JNES 76, 232, text {A} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P497429},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P497429},
}


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