JCS 19, 080 no. 02 (P254412)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033567

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Table, squares)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Table, squares)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P254412
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P254412

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 033567
Accession Number	Rm 4, 123

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.33567
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Rm-IV-123

References

primary: JCS 19 (pp. 79-86), 080 no. 02

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-08 at 15:53:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-18 at 15:20:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-18 at 11:42:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-18 at 09:46:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-02 at 12:49:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 19, 080 No. 02 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P254412.

JCS 19, 080 no. 02 artifact entry (No. P254412). (2025, April 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254412 (Original work published 2005)

JCS 19, 080 no. 02 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254412 (Accessed: May 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 19, 080 No. 02 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P254412.

JCS 19, 080 no. 02 artifact entry (No. P254412). (2025, April 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254412 (Original work published 2005)

JCS 19, 080 no. 02 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254412 (Accessed: May 13, 2026).

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