Babylonian Astronomical Tablet (Replica)
notes: label: Description
content: This cuneiform tablet contains astronomical calculations for the rising and setting of planets, the new moon and the full moon, for several years before 150 B.C.E. It is a replica of one of the many tablets found in the Temple Library at Nippur, Iraq, by a University of Pennsylvania archaeological expedition in 1889-1900.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317545
label: catalog number
content: 317545
label: accession number
content: 230326
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tablet
label: Object Name
content: Babylonian astronomical tablet (replica)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 13 cm x 2.8 cm; 4 in x 5 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 5 in x 4 in; 2.54 cm x 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm