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ZA 074, 060 (P217673)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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OIM A05443

Period

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Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical

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30.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) ninda 1(disz) ninda-szid sa2
Friberg, with gesz'u = 1000 ?; ninda-szid = 1/4 ninda
2. 1(szargal){gal} 1(szar'u) 1(szar2) 2(bur'u) 7(bur3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku)? GAN2
also decimal ?
reverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 3(asz) gin2 2/3(disz){sza} 5(asz) gin2
part of preceding notation ?
2. ba-pa3
blank space

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 30.0 high × 30.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical
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Related publications

primary: ZA 74 (pp. 59-66), 060

[Whiting1984ZA74] Whiting, Robert M. 1984. “More Evidence for Sexagesimal Calculations in the Third Millennium B.C.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 74 (1): 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1515/zava.1984.74.1.59.
citation: ZA 094 (pp. 1-15), 2ff.

[Foster2004ZA94] Foster, Benjamin R., and Eleanor Robson. 2004. “A New Look at the Sargonic Mathematical Corpus.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 94: 1–15.

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Museum No.: OIM A05443
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Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka) [uncertain]
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Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-03 at 10:47:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-03 at 10:46:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-21 at 14:46:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-21 at 14:43:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2012-05-11 at 12:05:58	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2012-05-11 at 12:04:03	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:34:25	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI	approved

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Oriental Institute Integrated Database (11b95a22-64ca-42e1-9e01-511300eae7f3)

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“ZA 074, 060 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673.

ZA 074, 060 artifact entry (No. P217673). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673 (Original work published 1970)

ZA 074, 060 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 3},
	title = {ZA 074, 060 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673},
}

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“ZA 074, 060 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673.

ZA 074, 060 artifact entry (No. P217673). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673 (Original work published 1970)

ZA 074, 060 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).

@misc{2024ZA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 3},
	title = {ZA 074, 060 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/3/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2025/3/14/
TI  - ZA 074, 060 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P217673
ER  -

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