LBAT 1641 (P364385)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034578

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (squares Table of squares of regular numbers)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (squares Table of squares of regular numbers)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P364385
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P364385

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 034578
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0050

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.34578
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-50

References

primary: LBAT, 1641

[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), 086 no. 08

[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.

Revisions and credits

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

Cite this Artifacts

“LBAT 1641 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P364385.

LBAT 1641 artifact entry (No. P364385). (2024, December 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364385 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 1641 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364385 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“LBAT 1641 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P364385.

LBAT 1641 artifact entry (No. P364385). (2024, December 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P364385 (Original work published 2007)

LBAT 1641 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P364385 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 9},
	title = {LBAT 1641 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P364385},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364385},
}

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