CDLI Literary 000561, ex. 005

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Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.

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Transliteration

lugal#-gu10#-ra# u3-na-du11
masz2# hur-sag-ga2 a2 sa6-sa6-gu10
sisix(|ANSZE.KUR|) hur-sag-ga2 umbin u11-ri2-in-na
u3-ne-de3-tah
gesz-gin7 tir-ga2 mu-un-tum4 mu-dur7-e im-gurumx(BUR3)-e
gu-za lugal mu-da-la2-a szu-gu10 esz2#? im#-ma-la2
iri-ga2!(GISZ) tug2 dan2#?-na mi-ni-mur10-ra tug2 mu-dur7-ra ba-an-mur10
lag-e a mi-ni-tux(NAGA)-tu5-a sahar igi gun3!? ba-e-gub
ur#-e adda ib2-gu7# gaba-bi ib2-zi-zi-x
uszumgal-e sag gesz ib2-ra-ra ka da13-da13 ib2-tuku
gesz-gi izi ib2-gu7 a!-nigin2 i3-tuku-tuku

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000561, ex. 005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P346263) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P346263..

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