SCIAMVS 01, 020 no. 01 (P257396)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-357

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Reciprocals; 2 lines; 7.6x6.6)

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-

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tablet
obverse
1. 4.26.40
2. igi-bi 2.13.20
  double ruling
  blank space
reverse
  blank space

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SCIAMVS 1, p.11-48, p. 20 no. 1

    [Robson2000Philadelphia] Robson, Eleanor. 2000. “Mathematical Cuneiform Tablets in Philadelphia. Part 1: Problems and Calculations.” SCIAMVS 1: 11–48.

  • history: AOAT 297 (pp. 325-365), 355

    [Robson2002AOAT297] Robson, Eleanor. 2002. “More than Metrology: Mathematics Education in an Old Babylonian Scribal School.” In Under One Sky - Astronomy and Mathematics in the Ancient Near East, edited by Annette Imhausen, 297:325–65. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

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  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-357
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0605
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    OI/UM 1951-52: TA 205, level XI 2

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-26 at 19:03:36 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-08-18 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SCIAMVS 01, 020 No. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 26, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257396.
SCIAMVS 01, 020 no. 01 artifact entry (No. P257396). (2024, June 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257396 (Original work published 2005)
SCIAMVS 01, 020 no. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257396 (Accessed: December 22, 2024).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257396},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257396},
}


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