BMAPT no. 22 (P497430)
Astral sciences tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 041043Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact Preservation: 50%
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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Astral sciences
- Language(s): Akkadian
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history: Ossendrijver, BMAPT, no. 22
[Ossendrijver2012BMAPT] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences . New York : Springer.
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history: Science 351 (2016) , 482-484 (text B)
[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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history: JNES 76 (pp. 231-247), 234, text D
[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.
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- Museum No.: BM 041043
- Accession No.: 1881-04-28, 0590
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Provenience:
Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:
BM catalogue: Excavated/Findspot: Omran
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
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| 2025-05-19 at 18:43:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-04-27 at 11:34:01 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-08 at 10:14:57 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-07 at 14:20:52 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-10-20 at 19:31:39 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2016-01-28 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.41043) (BM.41043)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1881-0428-590) (W_1881-0428-590)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025BMAPT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-18]},
year = {2025},
month = {may 19},
title = {BMAPT no. 22 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P497430},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P497430},
}
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