| Object Number | CBS17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Date Made | 323-63 BCE |
| Section | Babylonian |
| Materials | Baked Clay |
| Inscription Language | Akkadian Language |
| Description | tablet: 2 frags upper half. Akk, astronomical; risings and settings of planets, new and full moon for years 142, 154, 155, and 115? of Seleucid era, "goal year text"; 24 x 17 lines. scientific CBS Register: fragment baked clay tablet (2 fragments joined). Neo-Babylonian. Astronomical calculation as to rising and senting of planets, new moon and full moon. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Joseph Shemtob, London; subscription of E. W. Clark, et. al., 1888 |
| Other Number | P257582 - CDLI Number | B17 - Old Museum Number | CBS 00017 - Other Number | JS 9 - Dealer's Number |
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