Cuneiform Video: Why 10? And finger counting to 60 — E8 Intelligence Research

The user wants a 300-500 word "discovery" write-up about a specific clay tablet discussed in a YouTube video titled "Why 10? And finger counting to 60". I need to identify the video and the tablet discussed in it. The title "Why 10? And finger counting to 60" strongly suggests a video by the channel "Mathologer" (Burkard Polster) or perhaps "Numberphile" or a similar math history channel. Let me check my internal knowledge for this specific video title. There is a Mathologer video titled "Why 10? And finger counting to 60" (published around 2020/2021). In this video, Burkard Polster discusses the origins of base 60. He typically shows tablets like: - The "Plimpton 322" (often discussed in context of Pythagorean triples/base 60). - Tablets showing multiplication tables. - Tablets showing the "finger counting" method (using phalanges). - Specifically, he often references the tablet **YBC 7289** (sqrt(2) approximation) or **Plimpton 322**. - However, the specific title "Why 10? And finger Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com