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Plimpton 322: Purpose and authorship, Provenance and dating & Content

Plimpton 322 is a Babylonian clay tablet, believed to have been written around 1800 BC, that contains a mathematical table written in cuneiform script. Each row of the table relates to a Pythagorean triple, that is, a triple of integers ( s , l , d ) {\displaystyle (s,l,d)} that satisfies the Pythagorean theorem, s 2 + l 2 = d 2 {\displaystyle…

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Plimpton 322 topic overview

The analysis highlights Purpose and authorship, Provenance and dating and Content as prominent areas in the source structure around Plimpton 322.

Related topics
47
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
53
Extracted relationships
61
Related term clusters
21
Bridge connections
53

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 16 topics
Purpose and authorship · 11 topics
Content · 7 topics
Provenance and dating · 7 topics
Construction of the table · 4 topics
Exhibitions · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Created
c. 1800 BC
Height
9 cm
Present location
New York City, New York, United States
Width
13 cm

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Overview

Provenance and dating

Content

Construction of the table

Purpose and authorship

Exhibitions

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How Plimpton 322 connects Entity context

The extracted context around Plimpton 322 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Plimpton 322 → Ancient World, Before Pythagoras, Columbia University, Columbia’s Libraries, December, Edward, From Old Babylon, Her Crown, Includes, Institute, Item, January, Jewels, Manuscript Library, Masters, Math, New York Times, New York University, November, October Another extracted example is Plimpton 322 → According, Banks, Columbia University, Edgar, George Arthur Plimpton, Iraq, Larsa, New York, Plimpton, Robson, Senkereh. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Plimpton 322

Top relations

related to Exhibitions · 32
Plimpton 322 → Ancient World, Before Pythagoras, Columbia University, Columbia’s Libraries, December, Edward, From Old Babylon, Her Crown, Includes, Institute, Item, January, Jewels, Manuscript Library, Masters, Math, New York Times, New York University, November, October
related to Provenance and dating · 11
Plimpton 322 → According, Banks, Columbia University, Edgar, George Arthur Plimpton, Iraq, Larsa, New York, Plimpton, Robson, Senkereh
related to Reciprocal pairs · 7
Plimpton 322 → Advocates, Moreover, Plimpton, Pythagorean, Regular, Robson, YBC
is a · 3
Plimpton 322 → Babylonian clay tablet, table of numbers, trigonometric table is ruled out for similar reasons
related to Content · 2
Plimpton 322 → Babylonian, Plimpton
Created · 1
Plimpton 322 → c. 1800 BC
Height · 1
Plimpton 322 → 9 cm
Present location · 1
Plimpton 322 → New York City, New York, United States
Width · 1
Plimpton 322 → 13 cm

Important terminology

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Important terminology

tablet table plimpton number 322 column robson sexagesimal square reciprocal row displaystyle regular side proposal right numbers also columns babylonian

Plimpton 322 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 61 structured relationships around Plimpton 322. Examples in this analysis include Plimpton 322 → Created → c. 1800 BC and Plimpton 322 → Height → 9 cm. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Plimpton 322Createdc. 1800 BC1.00infobox
Plimpton 322Height9 cm1.00infobox
Plimpton 322Present locationNew York City, New York, United States1.00infobox
Plimpton 322Width13 cm1.00infobox
Plimpton 322is aBabylonian clay tablet0.90text
Plimpton 322is atrigonometric table is ruled out for similar reasons0.90text
Plimpton 322is atable of numbers0.90text
BM 80209instance ofand of similar tablets0.80text
would have been useful in allowing a teacher to set problems in the same format as each other but with different datainstance ofand of similar tablets0.80text
Plimpton 322related to ContentPlimpton0.60section
Plimpton 322related to ContentBabylonian0.60section
Plimpton 322related to ExhibitionsBefore Pythagoras0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Plimpton 322 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Ms, Written and Numbers. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Plimpton 322
    • Ms
    • Written
    • Numbers
    • Table
    • Tablet
    • Robson
    • Mathematical
    • Pythagorean
    • Problem
    • Also
    • Reciprocal
    • Pairs
  • plimpton 322
    • Ms
    • Written
    • Numbers
    • Table
    • Tablet
    • Robson
    • Mathematical
    • Pythagorean
    • Problem
    • Also
    • Reciprocal
    • Pairs
  • mathematical table
    • Written
    • Errors
    • Tablet
    • Also
    • Row
    • Robson
    • Proposal
    • Displaystyle
    • Column
    • Pythagorean
    • Columns
    • Problems
  • regular number
    • Column
    • Number
    • Regular
    • Sexagesimal
    • Square
    • Row
    • Reciprocal
    • Side
    • Numbers
    • Tablet
    • Triangle
    • Proposal
  • george arthur plimpton
    • Ms
    • Written
    • Numbers
    • Table
    • Tablet
    • Robson
    • Mathematical
    • Pythagorean
    • Problem
    • Also
    • Reciprocal
    • Pairs
  • construction of the table
    • Errors
    • Tablet
    • Also
    • Row
    • Robson
    • Proposal
    • Displaystyle
    • Column
    • Columns
    • Numbers
    • Written
    • Neugebauer
  • clay tablet
    • Table
    • Errors
    • Column
    • Reciprocal
    • Number
    • Pairs
    • Robson
    • Columns
    • Proposal
    • Sexagesimal
    • Row
    • Sachs
  • otto neugebauer
    • Sachs
    • Also
    • Numbers
    • Pythagorean
    • Pairs
    • Triangle
    • Right
    • Tablet
    • Regular
    • Table
    • Column
    • Reciprocal

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Plimpton 322, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Plimpton 322 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Plimpton 322 — Overview · splits 37 ⟂ 17
Plimpton 322 — Purpose and authorship · splits 42 ⟂ 12
Plimpton 322 — Provenance and dating · splits 46 ⟂ 8
Plimpton 322 — Content · splits 46 ⟂ 8
Plimpton 322 — Construction of the table · splits 49 ⟂ 5
Plimpton 322 — Exhibitions · splits 51 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Plimpton 322

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples61
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Plimpton 322 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Purpose and authorship, Provenance and dating & Content, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Plimpton 322 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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