[Table of integer square roots].

Abstract:

Table of numbers whose square roots are integers, in Babylonian sexagesimal notation, on a clay tablet that has been partially baked. A line of text has been lost at the bottom of the obverse, where a chipped area has been smoothed off.

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9959649043503681; (OCoLC)ocn849522488; (OCoLC)849522488; (PU)5964904-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Sumerian

Provenance:

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, March 1997.

Publisher:

[Iraq], [between 1999 and 1800 B.C.]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Video orientation http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333430

Subject:

Mathematics.; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.; Roots, Numerical -- Early works to 1800.; Sumerian language -- Texts.; Roots, Numerical.; Cuneiform tablets -- Specimens.; Cuneiform tablets.; Inscriptions.; Specimens.; Tablets.; Manuscripts, Digital.; Tables (documents)

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 clay tablet; 48 x 65 mm

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Origin: Inscribed in southern Mesopotamia in the 20th or 19th century B.C.; Ms. inscription.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.; Layout: Inscribed in 24 lines on 2 sides of the tablet.; Sumerian.

Physical Location:

LJS 99

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)