CUSAS 17, 067

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The world it comes from

Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.

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From the same catalogue range (near P253789)

P253791 · ~2270 BCE

CUSAS 35, 268

“1. Lugal-amu 2. (is who) speaks: 3. to my brother 4. say (this): 5. 1 — the merchant, 6. 1 — Ur-ešpeš: 7. serv…”

P253777 · ~3100 BCE

CDLI Lexical 000002, ex. 188

“1 (N01) — NAM2-EŠDA 1 (N01) — NAM2 KAB(?) 1 (N01) — NAM2 DI 1 (N01) — NAM2 NAM2 1 (N01) — NAM2 URU(?) 1 (N01) …”

Transliteration

nin-szubur
lugal-a-ni-ir
dug 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
lu2 bala-me-esz
nam-ti-la-ne2-ne2-sze3
e2 nin-szubur-sze3
mu-kux(DU)-re-me-esz

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CUSAS 17, 067. 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: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P253789) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P253789..

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