NABU 2020/12

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Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.

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P424110 · ~2270 BCE

MAH 16229

“1. 30(?) gur 2 ban of barley, in the great gur of Agade — 2. (for/of) I-IS-ḪUR-sinat; 3. 11 gur 3 barig 2 ban …”

P424135 · ~2270 BCE

MAH 16291

“1. 4 bur₃ 4 iku of field, kankal-land (hard, uncultivated ground), 2. (this is) the field of the god; 3. 2 bur…”

P424095 · ~2270 BCE

MAH 16200

“1. Mea, the fisheries inspector (enku). 2. 20 duck eggs: 3. Lu-NIM-ga(?); 4. 30 minus 2 (= 28) duck eggs: 5. L…”

P424119 · ~1800 BCE

MAH 16249

Transliteration

[x] x _zi3 us2_
[...] a-na _si-la2_
_lu2# kin-gi4-a_
_lu2_ babila2#
_lu2 kin-gi4-a_ larsam
_lu2#_ su-tu-um
u3# a-hi#-a-tim
u4#? [...]
_zi-ga_
_sza3 e2_ a-si-rum
_nig2-szu_ suen-sze-mi
_iti udru u4 1(u) 3(disz)#-kam_
_mu_ ri-im#-a-nu _lugal-e_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) ?) — NABU 2020/12. 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: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P424120) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P424120..

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