Extract from Table of Squares found at Senkareh, Chaldea
EXTRACT from SEXAGESIMAL TABLE of SQUARES.
In Arabic numerals this table may be expressed as follows:
Extract from Table of Squares found at Senkareh, Chaldea.
Berosus says that in computing time the Chaldeans used an alternate sexagesimal and decimal notation, reckoning the years by the “soss” (60 years), the “ner” (600 years), and the “sar” (3600 years). The calculations in every case have been proved to be correct, Rawlinson tells us.
