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JCS 01, 229 (P254754)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 3958

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (2.5x2^n, n=1,...,35)

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tablet
obverse
1. [2.5]
2. [4.10]
3. [8.20]
4. [16.40]
5. [33.20]
6. [1.6.40]
7. [2.13.20]
8. [4.26.40]
9. 8#.[53.20]
10. 17.46#.[40]
11. 35.33.20
12. [1].11.6.40
13. 2.22.13.20
14. 4.44.26.40
15. 9.28.53.20
16. 18.57.46.40
17. 37.55.33.20
18. 1.15.51.6.40
19. 2.31.42.13.20
20. 5.3.24.26.40
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: JCS 01 (pp. 219-240), 229

    [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.

  • history: Fs Civil90, 442

    [Woods2017FsCivil90] Woods, Christopher. 2017. “The Abacus in Mesopotamia: Considerations from a Comparative Perspective.” In The First Ninety Years: A Sumerian Celebration in Honor of Miguel Civil, 416–73.

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  • Museum No.: N 3958
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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, 229 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P254754.
JCS 01, 229 artifact entry (No. P254754). (2024, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254754 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 01, 229 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254754 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {JCS 01, 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254754},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254754},
}


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