LBAT 1642 (P364386)
Mathematical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 034958 + BM 042792 (+) BM 042744 + BM 045977 + BM 046008Period
Hellenistic (323-63 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (reciprocals Mathematical; table; analysis of reciprocal.)Language(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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42792 is unpublished
- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (reciprocals Mathematical; table; analysis of reciprocal.)
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primary: LBAT, 1642
[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.
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history: New MCT, §02.3.2 BM 034958
[Friberg2016NewMCT] Friberg, Jöran, and Farouk N. H. al-Rawi. 2016. New Mathematical Cuneiform Texts. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Cham : Springer.
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history: JCS 66 (pp. 149-165), text B
[Ossendrijver2014JCS66] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2014. “The Powers of 9 And Related Mathematical Tables from Babylon.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 66: 149–65.
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history: Ossendrijver, Mathieu, NABU 2017/058 (new join + BM 042792)
[Ossendrijver2017NABU58] Ossendrijver, Mathieu. 2017. “A New Join to the Late Babylonian Factorisation Table BM 34958.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2017 (2).
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- Museum No.: BM 034958 + BM 042792 (+) BM 042744 + BM 045977 + BM 046008
- Accession No.: Sp 2, 0479 + 1881-07-01, 0556 (+) 1881-07-01, 0508 + 1881-07-06, 0420 + 1881-07-06, 0452
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-04-08 at 08:36:58 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-02-17 at 14:33:42 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-09 at 14:27:14 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2007-03-05 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Robson, Eleanor | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.34958) (BM.34958)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025LBAT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-17]},
year = {2025},
month = {apr 8},
title = {LBAT 1642 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P364386},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P364386},
}
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