Position in chronology
TJA UMM G 40
Not yet translated
This tablet is catalogued with its transliteration and photographed, but no published translation exists yet. Our translation engine works through the untranslated corpus every night, oldest first — this page will update the day its turn comes. If you are a specialist and can read it, we would love your help.
The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
From the same catalogue range (near P315346)
Transliteration
isz-tu _iti ab-e3-a_ _u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam_ szi-nu-nu-tum IGI NU a-na na-ru-tim a-ha-zi-im a-na ma-ah-ri-ia ub-lu-ni-isz _iti_ ab-e3-a u4 [n]+2(disz)#-kam# _mu_ am-mi-di-ta#-[na _lugal-e] alan-[alan-a-ni u3 ]lamma lamma e2#-babbar-[ra]-sze3 in#-[na-ku4]-ra#_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM G 40. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P315346) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315346..
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