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SCIAMVS 01, 039-42 no. 18 (P257719)

Mathematical tablet 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

CBS 00154 + CBS 00921

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (School exercise, mathematical problem text; receipt; dupl. CBS 43; with join 8X2 lines)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: top and bottom broken
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  • Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (School exercise, mathematical problem text; receipt; dupl. CBS 43; with join 8X2 lines)
  • This text is a school text.
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  • primary: SCIAMVS 1, p.11-48, p. 39-42 no. 18

    [Robson2000Philadelphia] Robson, Eleanor. 2000. “Mathematical Cuneiform Tablets in Philadelphia. Part 1: Problems and Calculations.” SCIAMVS 1: 11–48.

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SCIAMVS 01, 039-42 No. 18 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257719.
SCIAMVS 01, 039-42 no. 18 artifact entry (No. P257719). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257719 (Original work published 2005)
SCIAMVS 01, 039-42 no. 18 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257719 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SCIAMVS 01, 039-42 no. 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257719},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257719},
}


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