Position in chronology
TJA UMM G 16
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
From the same catalogue range (near P315337)
Transliteration
isz-tu _iti apin-du8-a_ sza _mu alan-alan-a-ni_ geme2-ki-it-tum _dumu-munus_ gi-mil-suen a-na _szuku_ i-na _e2_ dingir-ma-an-szum2 pa-aq-da-at#-ma _szuku_-sa3 x x? [...] u3 na-x [...] _1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar#_ u3 _1(disz) sila4_ ub-lam _iti apin-du8-a u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam_ _mu_ am-mi-di-ta-na _lugal-e# alan-alan-a-ni u3 lamma lamma e2-babbar-ra-sze3 in-na-ku4-[ra]_
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — TJA UMM G 16. 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 (P315337) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P315337..
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