ZA 106, 185-197 (P499419)

Mathematical tablet dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 046550

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (reciprocals)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

108.0 mm × 85.0 mm × 31.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 108.0 high × 85.0 wide × 31.0 thick
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  • Artifact Preservation: complete
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  • primary: ZA 106, 185-197

    [Fincke2016ZA106] Fincke, Jeanette C., Peter Zilberg, Mathieu Ossendrijver, and Wayne Horowitz. 2016. “BM 46550 – a Late Babylonian Mathematical Tablet with Computations of Reciprocal Numbers.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 106 (2): 185–97.

  • history: New MCT, §02.1 BM 046550

    [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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  • Museum No.: BM 046550
  • Accession No.: 1881-08-30, 0016

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-12-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ZA 106, 185-197 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P499419.
ZA 106, 185-197 artifact entry (No. P499419). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P499419 (Original work published 2016)
ZA 106, 185-197 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P499419 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {ZA 106, 185-197 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P499419},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P499419},
}


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