Book:Tablet/Plimpton 322/Historical Note

Historical Note on
has the index number $322$ in the Collection at.

is believed to have been written between $1900$ and $1600$ BCE, most likely about $1800$ BCE.

It is believed to have came from Senkereh, a site in southern Iraq corresponding to the ancient city of Larsa.

This is partly based on the style of handwriting used for its cuneiform script.

purchased the tablet from some time around $1922$.

He bequeathed it with the rest of his collection to in the mid-$1930$s.