MCT 021, no. 78 Cornell 031 (P254554)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

RMC 031

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (table - mult. 25)

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tablet
  (tablet pierced edge to edge)
obverse
1. 2(u) 5(disz) a-ra2 1(disz) & 2(u) 5(disz)
2. 2(disz) & 5(u)
3. 3(disz) & 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)
4. 4(disz) & 1(gesz2) 4(u)
5. 5(disz) & 2(gesz2) 5(disz)
6. 6(disz) & 2(gesz2) 3(u)
7. 7(disz) & 2(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz)
8. 8(disz) & 3(gesz2) 2(u)
9. 9(disz) & 3(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz)
10. 1(u) & 4(gesz2) 1(u)
11. 1(u) 1(disz) & 4(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz)
12. 1(u) 2(disz) & 5(gesz2)
13. 1(u) 3(disz) & 5(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz)
14. 1(u) 4(disz) & 5(gesz2) 5(u)
15. 1(u) 5(disz) & 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)
16. 1(u) 6(disz) & 6(gesz2) 4(u)
reverse
1. 1(u) 7(disz) & 7(gesz2) 5(disz)#
2. 1(u) 8(disz) & 7(gesz2) 3(u)#
3. 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) & 7(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz)
4. 2(u) & 8(gesz2) 2(u)
5. 3(u) & 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u)
6. 4(u) & 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u)
7. 5(u) & 2(gesz'u) 5(u)
  double ruling
  blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MCT, 021, no. 78 Cornell 031

    [Neugebauer1945MCT] Neugebauer, Otto E., and Abraham J. Sachs. 1945. Mathematical Cuneiform Texts. American Oriental Series 29. American Oriental Society.

  • history: CUSAS 15, 31

    [Gadotti2011CUSAS15] Gadotti, Alhena, and Marcel Sigrist. 2011. Cuneiform Texts in the Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 15. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: RMC 031
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-04-24 at 09:39:58 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2020-04-23 at 13:33:03 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“MCT 021, No. 78 Cornell 031 Artifact Entry.” 2005. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2005. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254554.
MCT 021, no. 78 Cornell 031 artifact entry (No. P254554). (2005, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254554
MCT 021, no. 78 Cornell 031 artifact entry (2005) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254554 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
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	year = {2005},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MCT 021, no. 78 {Cornell} 031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254554},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P254554},
}

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