BIN 08, 024 (P212605)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 06893

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 1/2(disz) sag 2(u) 2(disz)
2. 5(gesz2) 3(u) us2 5(gesz2) 3(u)
3. GAN2-bi 4(bur3@c) la2 2(iku@c)
  calculation: (20.5 + 22)/2 x 330 = 70.125 iku
4. 1(iku@c) GAN2-bi 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze gur#-ta
5. sze-bi 1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) gur
  calculation: 70 x 1 1/4 = 87 1/2
6. amar-ezem x
  blank space
reverse
  blank

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BIN 8, 24

    [Hackman1958BIN8] Hackman, George G. 1958. Sumerian and Akkadian Administrative Texts from Predynastic Times to the End of the Akkad Dynasty. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

    Land survey and the grain yield of each unit of land

  • citation: Zinbun 13, p.1-60, p. 18

    [Maekawa1974agricultural-production] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1974. “Agricultural Production in Ancient Sumer.” Zinbun 13: 1–60.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 06893
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2012-04-26 at 17:25:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:33:16 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
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 View

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Cite this Artifact
“BIN 08, 024 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P212605.
BIN 08, 024 artifact entry (No. P212605). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P212605 (Original work published 1970)
BIN 08, 024 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P212605 (Accessed: November 21, 2024).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-11-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 08, 024 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P212605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P212605},
}


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