BM 76829, a fragment from the mid-section of a small tablet from Sippar in Late Babylonian script, preserves what remains of two new unparalleled pieces from the cuneiform astronomical repertoire relating to the zodiac. The text on the obverse assigns numerical values to sectors assigned to zodiacal signs, while the text on the reverse seems to relate zodiacal signs with specific days or intervals of days. The system used on the obverse also presents a new way of representing the concept of numerical ‘zero’ in cuneiform, and for the first time in cuneiform, a system for dividing the horizon into six arcs in the east and six arcs in the west akin to that used in the Astronomical Book of Enoch. Both the obverse and the reverse may describe the periodical courses of the sun and moon, in a similar way to what is found in astronomical texts from Qumran, thus adding to our knowledge of the scientific relationship between the two cultures.

BM 76829是巴比伦晚期以Sippar小片制成的中段片段，保留了与生肖有关的楔形天文曲目中两个新的无与伦比的片段的剩余部分。正面的文本将数字值分配给分配给黄道标志的扇区，而背面的文本似乎将黄道标志与特定的天数或天数间隔相关联。正面使用的系统还提供了一种新的方式来表示楔形文字中的数字“零”的概念，并且这是第一次以楔形文字形式将地平线划分为东部的六个弧度和西方的六个弧度的系统与《以诺天文学》中使用的语言相同。正面和反面都可以描述太阳和月亮的周期性变化，其方式类似于昆兰天文文献中发现的那样，