MCT 016, YBC 04704 (P255013)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04704

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. (reciprocals))

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (calc. (reciprocals))
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P255013
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P255013

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	YBC 04704
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-018768
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	YBC.4704

References

primary: MCT, 016, YBC 04704

[Neugebauer1945MCT] Neugebauer, Otto E., and Abraham J. Sachs. 1945. Mathematical Cuneiform Texts. American Oriental Series 29. American Oriental Society.
history: MKT 1, 081

[Neugebauer1935MKT1] Neugebauer, Otto E. 1935. Mathematische Keilschrift-Texte. Erster Teil: Texte. Quellen Und Studien Zur Geschichte Der Mathematik, Astronomie Und Physik, Abteilung A: Quellen 3. Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-28 at 10:09:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	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 Artifacts

“MCT 016, YBC 04704 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255013.

MCT 016, YBC 04704 artifact entry (No. P255013). (2024, August 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255013 (Original work published 2005)

MCT 016, YBC 04704 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255013 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCT 016, YBC 04704 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255013.

MCT 016, YBC 04704 artifact entry (No. P255013). (2024, August 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255013 (Original work published 2005)

MCT 016, YBC 04704 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255013 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 28},
	title = {MCT 016, {YBC} 04704 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P255013},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255013},
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