Education in the Earliest Schools 021 (P388267)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Museum Number

SC 4, 006

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P388267
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P388267

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain) antiquities market
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Cotsen Collection of Cuneiform Tablets, Special Collections, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Museum Number	SC 4, 006
Accession Number	52213

References

primary: Education in the Earliest Schools, no. 21

[Wilson2008Education] Wilson, Mark. 2008. Education in the Earliest Schools. Cuneiform Manuscripts in the Cotsen Collection. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2009-04-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Spada, Gabriella; Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Education in the Earliest Schools 021 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388267.

Education in the Earliest Schools 021 artifact entry (No. P388267). (2009, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388267

Education in the Earliest Schools 021 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388267 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388267},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Education in the Earliest Schools 021 Artifact Entry.” 2009. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2009. https://cdli.earth/P388267.

Education in the Earliest Schools 021 artifact entry (No. P388267). (2009, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388267

Education in the Earliest Schools 021 artifact entry (2009) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388267 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

@misc{2009Education,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2009},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {Education in the {Earliest} {Schools} 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388267},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388267},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2009/4/6/
PY  - 2009
ID  - P388267
LB  - CDLI:P388267
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - Education in the Earliest Schools 021 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P388267
ER  -