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Publication
Primary publication: JCS 36, 251
Author: Neugebauer, Otto E. & Sachs, Abraham J.
Publication date: 1984
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CDLI no.: P254900
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001skqxz
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Catalogue: 20050201 melville
Transliteration: cdlistaff (check)
Translation: uncertain
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Collection Information
Owner: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: UM 29-15-192
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Text Content:
Genre: Mathematical
Sub-genre: prob., calc. (squares)
Sub-genre remarks: Metrological calculation; problem text; area of a square; 4 lines
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Language: Akkadian
Physical Information
Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
column 1
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1. 6.40
#tr.en: 0;0,0,6,40 (surface-sar):
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column 2
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1. 2(disz) szu-si ib2-sa2
#tr.en: 2 fingers squared,
2. a-sza3-bi en-nam
#tr.en: its surface area is what?
3. a-sza3-bi igi 3(disz)-gal2 sze-kam
#tr.en: Its surface area is of 1/3 barley-corn.
# calculation: 0;0,20 ninda squared = 0;0,0,6,40 surface-sar (1/3 barley-corn).
$ double ruling
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