MCT 129 (P255041)

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

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 06967

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (problem text)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (problem text)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P255041
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P255041

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 06967
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-021031
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	YBC.6967

References

primary: MCT, 129

[Neugebauer1945MCT] Neugebauer, Otto E., and Abraham J. Sachs. 1945. Mathematical Cuneiform Texts. American Oriental Series 29. American Oriental Society.
history: CDOG 4 (pp. 121-152), 1102-113

[Englund2012CDOG4] Englund, Robert K. 2012. “Versilberte Arbeit. Äquivalenzenfestsetzung in Der Ur-III-Zeit,” Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 4: 121–52.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-21 at 10:22:58	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 129 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255041.

MCT 129 artifact entry (No. P255041). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255041 (Original work published 2005)

MCT 129 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255041 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MCT 129 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255041.

MCT 129 artifact entry (No. P255041). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255041 (Original work published 2005)

MCT 129 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255041 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {MCT 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P255041},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255041},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/21/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P255041
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - MCT 129 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P255041
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