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Plimpton 322

Babylonian clay tablet
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Summary

Plimpton 322 is a clay tablet[1]. It draws 1,143 Wikipedia views per month (clay tablet category, ranking #4 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Location of discovery: Larsa[3]
  • Collection: Columbia University Libraries[4]
  • Inventory number: 322[5]
  • Writing system: cuneiform[6]
  • Commons category: Plimpton 322[7]
  • Inception: 1800 BC[8]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1922[9]
  • Main subject: mathematics[10]
  • Length: 13 cm[11]
  • Height: 9 cm[12]
  • Width: 2 cm[13]
  • P14541: Q7BoS[14]

Why It Matters

Plimpton 322 has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

mathematics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . columbia.edu. Retrieved . columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . columbia.edu. Retrieved . columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . columbia.edu. Retrieved . columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . columbia.edu. Retrieved . columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'it', '
    Sitelink count → 24
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → Q7BoS
    Gnd id → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Kresspahl · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+2'}
    Writing system → cuneiform
    Instance of → —
    Height → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+9'}
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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