CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 008 (P254860)
Mathematical tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM —Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.05 Proverbs Collection 05 (witness) calc., proverb)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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1. {ansze}kunga2 ninda2-zu i3-zu-de3-en
2. u3 ama-zu i3-zu-de3
en: kunga equid (onager), you will know your (bovine) breeder(?) and you will know your mother
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(numerical notations)
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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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- Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (ETCSL 6.01.05 Proverbs Collection 05 (witness) calc., proverb)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Alster Proverbs, Proverbs 119 K, 307, 466
[AlsterProverbs1997] Alster, Bendt. 1997. Proverbs of Ancient Sumer: The World’s Earliest Proverb Collection.
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history: UET 6, 0233
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.
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history: OECT 14, fig. A.5.9
[Robson1999OECT14] Robson, Eleanor. 1999. Mesopotamian Mathematics, 2100-1600 BC. Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 14. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Excavation No: U 17207.034
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
2019-06-12 at 10:25:59 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | approved | ||
2005-02-01 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Friberg, Jöran; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | approved |
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