OECT 14, fig. A.5.51 N 3971 (P278927)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 3971

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (calculation of a square)

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 7.05
2. 7.05
3. 50.10.25
  calculation: 7.05 × 7.05 = 50.10.25
reverse
  (hole as if originally mounted on a wooden peg)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: square, rev crater-shaped
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  • primary: OECT 14, fig. A.5.51 N 3971

    [Robson1999OECT14] Robson, Eleanor. 1999. Mesopotamian Mathematics, 2100-1600 BC. Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 14. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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  • Museum No.: N 3971
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OECT 14, Fig. A.5.51 N 3971 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P278927.
OECT 14, fig. A.5.51 N 3971 artifact entry (No. P278927). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278927 (Original work published 2005)
OECT 14, fig. A.5.51 N 3971 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278927 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
@misc{2023OECT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OECT 14, fig. {A}.5.51 {N} 3971 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278927},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278927},
}


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