[ Oblique view | Reverse side | Two non-mathematical tablets | Analysis | Mathematical commentary | About copyright ]

YBC 7289

From the Yale Babylonian Collection, with the assistance and permission of William Hallo, Curator, and Ulla Kasten, Associate Curator. Provenance unknown, dated approximately to between 1800 B.C. and 1600 B.C. Purchased around 1912 A.D. by an agent of J. P. Morgan, who contributed it to Yale University as part of the foundation of its Babylonian Collection. The images are very close to life-size (about 8 cm on a side).

Clicking on an image will bring up the same image at higher resolution (a download of about about 100 KB). Clicking on that in turn will download an image of about 300 KB.

The photographs were made with a Nikon CoolPix 990, a portable floodlight, a Benbo tripod, and a special cable release designed for this camera. I wish to acknowledge not only the extraordinarily friendly reception from the Curators of the Babylonian Collection, but also the help of Christopher Anagnostakis in making the photographs.