Edinburgh 18

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Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.

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From the same catalogue range (near P453041)

P453038 · ~2270 BCE

MRAH O.5007

“1. ½(?) sila of bread, 5 sila of fine (quality bread/flour), 2. 1 (jar of) beer: 3. (for) Puzur-Eštar. 4. 5 si…”

P453025 · ~2270 BCE

MRAH O.5084

“3 ban (c. 30 liters) of fine (sig₁₅-)flour — to the temple of Inanna. Ḫili-za delivered (it); Ur-a was the com…”

P453024 · ~2270 BCE

MRAH O.5075

“1. 2 ban of fine (sig₁₅-)flour — 2. Ur-ega 3. (to) the temple of Nergal 4. delivered; 5. 1 ban of fine (sig₁₅-…”

P453023 · ~2270 BCE

MRAH O.5072

“1. 4 gur of barley — 2. Lugal-magalzu; 3. 4 (gur) — Ša-nugal; 4. 1 (gur) — Šeš-zi: 5. old barley, fodder consu…”

Transliteration

_1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
_masz2 gi-na dah-he-dam_
_ki_ si-na
u-bar-urasz
_szu ti-a_
i-na lu-bu-szi-szu
_ku3#-babbar masz2-bi_
_i3-la2-e_
_iti udru u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam_
_mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal e2-gal nam-nun-na_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Edinburgh 18. 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).

Attribution

Image: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (P453041) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P453041..

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