CUSAS 15, 187

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Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.

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Transliteration

_8(disz) sila3 i3-[gesz]_
_szu ti-a_ la-a-[ba-szi]-suen#
i-nu-ma i-sza-[tum] u2-ka-ab-bi-bi-szu
_2(disz) sila3 i3#-gesz_
_szu ti-a_ ma-ri#-er#-s,e-tim _dumu_ adab
i-nu-ma ki-ir-ra-szu u2-s,a-am-mi-du
_inim_ sza en-lil2-is-su2
_giri3_ na-bi-i3-li2-szu
_iti# x x? 8(disz)# u4 2(disz)?-kam#?_
[...] mah#?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 15, 187. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Rare Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, USA (P270801) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P270801..

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