Position in chronology
TLB 05, 16
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Transliteration
1(u) 2(disz) dida du sze-bi 3(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 1(asz) 1(barig) dabin gur sza3-gal mar-tu ki en-nu-ga2 sza3 i3-si-in-na u4 2(disz)-kam ugula isz-bi-er3-ra-<zi>-kalam-ma kiszib3 lugal-inim-gi-na iti udru mu nin-dingir lugal-er2-ra ba-il2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — TLB 05, 16. 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: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P283613) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P283613..
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