JCS 01, 233 MLC 00651 (P254739)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 00651

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (calc. recip.)

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1.20.54.31.6#.40 9#?
2. 12.8.10.40 1.30
3. 18#.12#.16# 3.45
4. [n].51.25!.37.30
5. 30?.[n].6.37.50.30
6. [n].15#?.20
edge
1. 40
reverse
1. 1#.20.54.31.6.40
2. igi-bi 44.29.37.50.15?.20
  blank space

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: JCS 01 (pp. 219-240), 233 MLC 00651

    [Sachs1947JCS1219-240] Sachs, Abraham J. 1947. “Babylonian Mathematical Texts I. Reciprocals of Regular Sexagesimal Numbers.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 1 (3): 219–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359434.

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  • Museum No.: MLC 00651
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-10 at 16:52:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 16:02:16 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
2014-08-18 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI 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 01, 233 MLC 00651 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P254739.
JCS 01, 233 MLC 00651 artifact entry (No. P254739). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254739 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 01, 233 MLC 00651 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254739 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {JCS 01, 233 {MLC} 00651 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254739},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254739},
}


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