Position in chronology
BE 06/1, 072
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
From the same catalogue range (near P258484)
Transliteration
_2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ka-an-kum _sza3 ku3-babbar su-si-ig_ zimbir u3 na-we-e-szu sza _mu_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _lugal-e_ _i7 zubi_ a-bi-e-szu-uh _mi-ni-in-dun-na_ _mu-kux(DU)_ e-t,e-rum _dumu#_ ARAD-suen nam-ha-ar-ti marduk-na-s,i-ir u3 marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, de-ki-i sza na-ka-rum _szu-i_ _iti gu4-si-<sa2> u4 1(u)-kam_ _mu a-bi-e-szu-uh lugal-e bar2-bar2 ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar-bi-da-ke4_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — BE 06/1, 072. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Abi-eshuh y1 — Abi-eshuh became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P258484) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P258484..
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