MCT 034, W 1923-366 (P254958)

Mathematical prism excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1923-0366

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (metrological tables, square roots, cube roots)

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  • Artifact type: Prism Artifact type comments:

    Six-sided prism, with hole along vertical axis

  • Material: Clay
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    Six-sided prism, with hole along vertical axis


  • primary: MCT, 034, W 1923-366

    [Neugebauer1945MCT] Neugebauer, Otto E., and Abraham J. Sachs. 1945. Mathematical Cuneiform Texts. American Oriental Series 29. American Oriental Society.

  • history: SCIAMVS 5, p.3-65, p. 19-22 no. 9

    [Robson2004Ashmolean] Robson, Eleanor. 2004. “Mathematical Cuneiform Tablets in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.” SCIAMVS 5: 3–65.

  • history: OECT 4, 156

    [vanderMeer1938OECT4] Meer, Petrus E. van der. 1938. Syllabaries A, B1 and B with Miscellaneous Lexicographical Texts from the Herbert Weld Collection. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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  • Museum No.: Ashm 1923-0366
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MCT 034, W 1923-366 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2005. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254958.
MCT 034, W 1923-366 artifact entry (No. P254958). (2005, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254958
MCT 034, W 1923-366 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254958 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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