Position in chronology
TJA UMM H 48
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
From the same catalogue range (near P315374)
Transliteration
_4(asz) sze gur_ sza ar-ra-bu _dumu_ da-di-ia sza _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 _lugal-e bad3 gu2 buranun qa2-ti ar#-ra#-bu# _dumu_ da-[di]-ia# na-as2-ha-<at>-ma be-la-qum _dam-gar3_ _4(asz) sze gur_ i-na _iti bara2-za3-gar#_ _i3-la2-e_ _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(disz)-kam_ _mu_ am-mi-s,a-du-qa2 [lugal-e] bad3 gu2 buranun[]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM H 48. 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 (P315374) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315374..
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