MCT 042 YBC 07289 (P255048)

Mathematical tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 07289

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Mathematical (calculation of the length of a diagonal)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1.a. 30
1.b.1. 1.24.51.10
  Babylonian square root of 2 = 1.41421296 vs. mod. 1.41421356...
1.b.2. 42.25.35
  1.24.51.10 /2 = 42.25.35
reverse
  (possibly erased exercise with right triangle)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: MCT, 042 YBC 07289

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

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  • Museum No.: YBC 07289
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-14 at 09:00:09 Rosenstein, Pavla Atf Rosenstein, Pavla Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-08-09 at 21:45:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-18 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard 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 042 YBC 07289 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255048.
MCT 042 YBC 07289 artifact entry (No. P255048). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255048 (Original work published 2005)
MCT 042 YBC 07289 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255048 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {MCT 042 {YBC} 07289 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255048},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P255048},
}


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