LBAT 1638 (P364382)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034875

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (Mathematical; table of squares of regular numbers;)

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: LBAT, 1638

    [Pinches1955LBAT] Pinches, Theophilus G., Johann N. Strassmaier, and Abraham J. Sachs. 1955. Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts. Brown University Studies, Vol. 18. Providence, R.I.: Brown university press.

  • history: JCS 19 (pp. 79-86), 085-086 no. 06

    [Aaboe1965JCS19] Aaboe, Asger. 1965. “Some Seleucid Mathematical Tables (Extended Reciprocals and Squares of Regular Numbers).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 19 (3): 79–86. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359089.

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  • Museum No.: BM 034875
  • Accession No.: Sp 2, 0382

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-09 at 14:27:14 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-02 at 12:49:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2007-03-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Robson, Eleanor CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“LBAT 1638 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P364382.
LBAT 1638 artifact entry (No. P364382). (2024, December 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364382 (Original work published 2007)
LBAT 1638 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364382 (Accessed: July 13, 2025).
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	month = {dec 9},
	title = {LBAT 1638 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364382},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364382},
}


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