MAD 5, 112 (P215434)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Photo

Photo (detail)

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1924-0689

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Problema escolar con áreas de campo excesivas.)

Language(s)

Measurements

48.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(szargal){gal} 4(gesz2) ninda 4(disz) kusz3 numun sa2
blank space
3. 1(szar2) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) ninda 1(disz) kusz3 numun sa2
4. ur-{d}isztaran
reverse
1. 7(szarkid){kid} 4(szar'ugal){gal} 7(szar2) 1(bur'u) 7(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(u) sar 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 2/3(disz){sza}
2. ba-pa3

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Problema escolar con áreas de campo excesivas.)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P215434
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P215434

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	48.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1924-0689
Accession Number

References

primary: MAD 5, 112

[Gelb1970MAD5] Gelb, Ignace Jay. 1970. Sargonic Texts in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Materials for the Assyrian Dictionary, No. 5. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press.
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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-21 at 14:46:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-21 at 14:43:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2010-05-21 at 16:41:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:33:51	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MAD 5, 112 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P215434.

MAD 5, 112 artifact entry (No. P215434). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P215434 (Original work published 1970)

MAD 5, 112 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P215434 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P215434},
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Cite this Artifact

“MAD 5, 112 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P215434.

MAD 5, 112 artifact entry (No. P215434). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P215434 (Original work published 1970)

MAD 5, 112 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P215434 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {MAD 5, 112 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P215434},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P215434},
}

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