SCIAMVS 01, 025 no. 07 (P254371)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-076

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (pblm & calc. (squares) Metrological; problem text; 6 lines; 4.1x5.6)

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SCIAMVS 1, p.11-48, p. 25 no. 7

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

  • history: JCS 36 (pp. 243-251), 246

    [Neugebauer1984JCS36] Neugebauer, Otto E., and Abraham J. Sachs. 1984. “Mathematical and Metrological Texts.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 36 (2): 243–51. https://doi.org/10.2307/1360058.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0472
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-30 at 09:47:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
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
“SCIAMVS 01, 025 No. 07 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P254371.
SCIAMVS 01, 025 no. 07 artifact entry (No. P254371). (2024, August 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254371 (Original work published 2005)
SCIAMVS 01, 025 no. 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254371 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254371},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254371},
}

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