1 dataset found

  • Mesopotamian tablet YBC 7289

    The University of Auckland
    A tablet thought to be from southern Mesopotamia, 1800 - 1600 BC. The obverse shows calculation of a square's diagonal, by multiplying the side length by the square root of 2. The reverse is not so easily legible, but seems to treat two separate problems.This tablet is in the Yale Babylonian Collection, catalogue number YBC 7289.Illustration and...
    Created 1 August 2019 • Updated 1 April 2025
You can also access this registry using the API (see API Docs).
Can't find it? Request a dataset