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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
34570
Description
Clay cuneiform tablet. Astronomical procedure text for Jupiter from first visibility to second stationary point, for SE 180 to 252; colophon; prayer on upper edge.
Cultures/periods
Late Babylonian
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Babylonia
Materials
clay
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
LBAT 119; ACT 611 and 822, colophon Zm; Ossendrijver, BMAPT no. 35
Bibliographic references
Neugebauer O 1955a / Astronomical Cuneiform Texts
(vol. II p 344 No. 611, vol III pls 185-188 and pl 245)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Baked 01/03/1965
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Spartali & Co
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
34570
Registration number
Sp-II.42
Joined objects
Joined Tablet Group:
G16032
(5 objects)
Conservation
Treatment
: 28 Jun 1965