Find Vio: Gueeo 3 x La area = /0 ae “f° Bk J= 10026 : iat : aga x= b@jle) Fabre Posibin: Yeo ve52: Zhu a stme but dl nt weigh it} Sea alle + added me-sevest eal Plan one ehrenth, (EL poms) it iwcighed 1 mane, loled uno th. mpi! wwiglt- of the shna? Answer: x =18%e gk (60 gs equals ne mina.) A ga a alec called a ahehel, Meckern Sotechin (+) te (xr )=60 ger, ~ ye xed, ade be 4 ye to: OU age Ss ace 2/2. Go Guess yl. Ts wise cay gill = Gore =e 8 on ye SE m p= 0; 7,80 2. Guess x27. Then RUS=8 es Ye = 0;52,B0 fe E Ris Ae X22 5S:8= 0% + a» x= 7(6;52,30) = = 42+; 1+; 3,32) =(48; F, 30)GL9v DAA SL9b IBA Oss asSjuave Root Tables No, 30. Plimpton 318. Single table of square roots. oseb 033021232 From 15 30 to 54,9 57 i * Ba Ge! 161 31 564 5(8) O;l6J= IL _ BLY 74 32 sig], 59 Ge = (Bo ete. 12321 12,1 ‘ = The number in the lat line are the squares of t,t O7%4 = 102¥ 4 (82 Y and 1" oor No. 31. CBS 8270. Fragment containing fi that lines of a table of square roots. Reverse empty. 07549 = 2248 2/52 Terminology destroyed. Go* (oo. Only the left-hand side of the fragment is preserved: 2y0y (se i , = 4, 2 220% 2/22 ‘ihe corresponding to i 01 45,4= BS gor ee) (6 s4 ae 50,25 55 : = $0,26 _ 3025 igs t sais a 0 580,28 = 52425, = 3025-85 f. Logarithms order to yield a gi problem dentical with finding the logarithm to the base @ of a "CL. Neugebauer (4. mCi. MKT 1 pp. 778, Neugebauer fugebaver, Varennge, pp. 195-202. ene ‘The meaning of the numbers in No. 1 is clearly. 1,10 1c 1 = logu 16, It is also evident that the two lines on the left edge Mite 6 tbsis are the direct continuation of this group, namely, Left Edge: 1,16%e 32 fb. 16514 = 32 LAS = logu 32 130e 1A tba (GY) tow lia 130 = loge he.Area b. Trapezoids ‘The figure given on the obverse of YBC 7290131 2,20 220 2 Fro. 4. indicates that the area is obtained by 53,20 = 2320 . 220-42. On the reverse is given a trapezoid without inscribed SSRRC HLA bnainerbed oa te eevee The ‘obverse gives the figure of a trapezoid with numbers. 1.® .| ® 440,50 24)...3000 Fro. 5 One set of these numbers satisfies the following relation 1443s = 3045+ 2280 ‘as expected for the area and sides. As for the remain- ing numbers, it is obvious that AS= 3-15 2230=3-7;30 30=3-10 but the meaning of the coefficient 3 as well as the number 44(?),30 is not clear. e ona Wi) ELA ©. Circle ‘YBC 7302"! gives the figure of a circle whose circum- ference c = 3, We therefore have c = 9 and for the The tablet measures 7 by 8 cm. ‘= The shape of the tablet is roughly circular; diameter 8m. the reverse is unineribed, using the value x ~ 3. Analogously, we find in YBC 111201 1,30 es) | Fic, 7. | 6-130 e=215 a= 05-245 — Cab oad anatcr_ 3 > q ize rea of = Cured i) * Area of barge a ga = har “gaSAR a——=, Fe 9 ge (aL a] | ewbit eT. 7 h| kite Le 2 al lange = 052 Jui per da x Gar) A c= ana of base = xf=xtbx =x+bh (b= 3;30 GAR) YBc_Yos?7 8 139 (gin) is the (total expenses in) silver of a the length exceeded the width by 3:30 (GAl "44 GAR is its depth, 10 gin See the assign- ‘ment, 6 Be (silver) the wages. 1SWhat are the length (and) the width?) When you perform (the operations), "Stake the reciprocal of the wages, multiply by >, the (total expenses in) silver, (and) you will get 4,30; "multiply 4,30 by the assignment, (and) you will eet 45; "Stake the reciprocal of } GAR (, the depth mal. tly by 48, (and) you will get 7:30; ‘Whalve that by which the length the width, (and) you will get 145; square 1:45, (and) you will get 3:3,48; 210 3;3,45 add 7;30, (and) you will get 10;33, 22take its square root, (and) you will get 3;15; 2operate with 3:15 twice: add 1;45 to” the one, *Msubtract 1:45 from™ the other, (and) you will ‘get the length and the width. 255 GAR is the length; 14 GAR is the width. Such is the procedure. Kita; DF 45; Xtbxee ohare area. Ceebhyte — ynere (bh)? +b = 0+ (Yh | <= 6h) + Veer M = 30 werkers ame =” agg sy) VA hz tGAR ¢ Vih= Fo & 1302/2 C= 22 = 2£ (or 7,30) d= SGAR length (us) , (1a) g= = 730 SAR area Gags) ofthe base From the last relation it follows that the ki-Ié is con- sidered to be a prism. As for the work on the ki-ld, ‘tha! ie assumptions are made: 2=0;10SAR work output to be expected daily for each worker (€8-4ar, translated “assignment") w= 6%e=0:2ein wages per man per day (@) paid in silver (1b) = 9 duration of the work in days (u,) m = 30 number of workers (erim-b’) ‘M = 4,30 number of man-days (eri-h6)