MCT 034, W 1923-366 (P254958)

Mathematical prism excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1923-0366

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (metrological tables, square roots, cube roots)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (metrological tables, square roots, cube roots)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P254958
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P254958

Physical information

Six-sided prism, with hole along vertical axis

Artifact type	Prism Six-sided prism, with hole along vertical axis
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1923-0366
Accession Number

References

primary: MCT, 034, W 1923-366

[Neugebauer1945MCT] Neugebauer, Otto E., and Abraham J. Sachs. 1945. Mathematical Cuneiform Texts. American Oriental Series 29. American Oriental Society.
history: SCIAMVS 5, p.3-65, p. 19-22 no. 9

[Robson2004Ashmolean] Robson, Eleanor. 2004. “Mathematical Cuneiform Tablets in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.” SCIAMVS 5: 3–65.
history: OECT 4, 156

[vanderMeer1938OECT4] Meer, Petrus E. van der. 1938. Syllabaries A, B1 and B with Miscellaneous Lexicographical Texts from the Herbert Weld Collection. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“MCT 034, W 1923-366 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P254958.

MCT 034, W 1923-366 artifact entry (No. P254958). (2005, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254958

MCT 034, W 1923-366 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254958 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCT 034, W 1923-366 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2005. https://cdli.earth/P254958.

MCT 034, W 1923-366 artifact entry (No. P254958). (2005, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P254958

MCT 034, W 1923-366 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P254958 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2005},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MCT 034, {W} 1923-366 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P254958},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P254958},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2005/2/1/
PY  - 2005
ID  - P254958
LB  - CDLI:P254958
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - MCT 034, W 1923-366 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P254958
ER  -