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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

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)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

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
reverse
  (to be done)

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P254754

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 3958
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 572446
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.3958

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-10 at 16:52:34 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-02 at 16:02:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2014-08-18 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI Approved View

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: May 15, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {JCS 01, 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254754},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254754},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/10/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - JCS 01, 229 artifact entry
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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: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2024JCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {JCS 01, 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254754},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254754},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/10/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P254754
LB  - CDLI:P254754
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - JCS 01, 229 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P254754
ER  -
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