[Multiplication table (LJS 270)]

Contributor:

Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Description:

Multiplication table for the number 40, in Babylonian sexagesimal notation, on an unbaked clay tablet. Surfaces somewhat worn.

Language:

Akkadian

Provenance:

Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1998.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

Akkadian language -- Texts; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics; Multiplication -- Tables -- Early works to 1800; Cuneiform tablets -- Specimens; Cuneiform tablets; Multiplication

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Inscriptions; Tables (documents); Tablets; Manuscripts, Digital; Specimens; Tables; Tables (Data)

Physical Description:

1 clay tablet; 60 x 50 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. inscription.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: Inscribed in 23 lines on 2 sides of the tablet.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.; Origin: Inscribed in Babylonia in the 19th or 18th century B.C.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Akkadian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 270

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)