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Clay tablet with two columns of inscription. Astronomical treatise, tablet 1 of the series Mul-Apin ("the plough star") which includes a list of the three divisions of the heavens, the dates (in the ideal 360-day year) of the rising of principal stars and of those which rise and set together, and the constellations in the path of the moon. 1000 BCE-500 BCE. Length: 3.25 in. Width: 2.375 in. BM 86378. Purchased from Messrs Mann & Bishop (Messrs), 1899.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART400120
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Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2585px × 3600px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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Astronomy
Babylon, Mesopotamia
Babylonian
Clay
Constellation
Cuneiform script
Moon
Star
Tablet