JCS 19, 080-081 no. 03 (P254411)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 032178 + 1876-11-17, 2228 + Rm 0848

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Table, squares)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: JCS 19 (pp. 79-86), 080-081 no. 03

    [Aaboe1965JCS19] Aaboe, Asger. 1965. “Some Seleucid Mathematical Tables (Extended Reciprocals and Squares of Regular Numbers).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 19 (3): 79–86. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359089.

  • history: ACT, 1002

    [Neugebauer1955ACT] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1955. Astronomical Cuneiform Texts.

  • history: JCS 66 (pp. 149-165), text J

    [Ossendrijver2014JCS66] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2014. “The Powers of 9 And Related Mathematical Tables from Babylon.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 66: 149–65.

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  • Museum No.: BM 032178 + 1876-11-17, 2228 + Rm 0848
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1905 + 1876-11-17, 2228 + Rm 0848

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-08 at 07:51:48 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-02 at 12:49:50 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
“JCS 19, 080-081 No. 03 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P254411.
JCS 19, 080-081 no. 03 artifact entry (No. P254411). (2025, April 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254411 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 19, 080-081 no. 03 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254411 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254411},
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