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Babylonian Table of Squares

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The Table of Squares
Senkareh Table of Squares in Cuneiform

Senkareh Table of Squares in Cuneiform

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16161/16161-h/16161-h.htm - The Seven Great Monarchies, G. Rawlinson
From what you've read above about the soss, which you'll remember is the Babylonian for 60 years, and the wedge and the arrowhead, which are descriptive names for cuneiform marks, see if you can figure out how these computations work. One side of the dash-like mark is the number and the other is the square. Try it as a group. If you can't figure it out, look at the next step.

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