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Gold alloy computations (RA 78, 41–45 no. 8)
Old Babylonian calculations from Mari weighing gold and reddish gold.
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| Designation | RA 078, 041-045, no. 08 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ — ? |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian |
| Genre | Mathematical |
| Provenience | Mari (mod. Tell Hariri) |
| Findspot | 34.5504, 40.8887 |
| CDLI no. | P254714 |
| Source | Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative — CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) |
| Lines | 19 (19 with machine English) |
| Font | Santakku (Old Babylonian (cursive)), by Sylvie Vanséveren |
Machine draft. English generated by model atf-en-best-v2 (montycrypto/atf-to-english) (version d871547f92875415dbbc7f4a37fd65e35f8ac97d) on 2026-10-05, line by line from the ATF. Not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Cuneiform | English (machine draft) |
|---|---|---|---|
| obverse | |||
| 1 | i-na 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 2(disz) _su ku3-babbar_ | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 · · 𒆸 𒆬𒌓 | with 1 mina 12 stu of silver |
| 2 | 1(disz)# 1/3(disz)#? _[su]_ im-t,i3 | · · · 𒅎· | 1 1/3 (?)......... |
| 3 | i-na 1(disz)+[n _ma-na_ n]+4(disz)# _su ku3-babbar_ | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 · 𒆸 𒆬𒌓 | for 1 mina n+4su of silver |
| 4 | [n _su_] im-t,i3 | · · 𒅎· | n... sank |
| 5 | i#-na# [n _ma-na n] su# ku3-babbar_ | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 · 𒆸 𒆬𒌓 | for n minas n su of silver |
| 6 | [i-na n _ma-na] 9(disz) su ku3-babbar ur-mah_ | ·𒈾 X 𒈠· · 𒆸 𒆬𒌓 𒋺𒈤 | with n minas 9 s of silver, lions |
| 7 | [n _su_] im-t,i3 | · · 𒅎· | n... sank |
| reverse | |||
| 1 | i-na 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ | 𒄿𒈾 · · 𒈠𒈾 𒆬𒌓 | with 1 1/3 minas of silver |
| 2 | i-na 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 2(disz) _su ku3-babbar_ | 𒄿𒈾 · · 𒈠𒈾 · 𒆸 𒆬𒌓 | with 1 1/3 mina 2 subtotals of silver |
| 3 | 1(disz) _su_ im-t,i3 | · 𒆸 𒅎· | 1 (mana wool for) Imi |
| 4 | i-na 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 5(disz) _su ku3#-sig17_ 2(disz) _su_ im-t,i3 | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 · · 𒆸 𒆬𒅗 · 𒆸 𒅎· | with 1 mina 15 (sila3) of gold 2 (sila3) of reddish gold |
| 5 | i-na 1(disz) _ma-na ku3#-sig17# 1(disz) su_ im-t,i3 | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 𒆬𒅗 · 𒆸 𒅎· | with 1 mina of gold and 1 sutu of ghee |
| 6 | i-na 1(disz) _ma-na ku3#-sig17# 1(disz) su_ im-t,i3 | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 𒆬𒅗 · 𒆸 𒅎· | with 1 mina of gold and 1 sutu of ghee |
| 7 | i-na 1(disz) _ma-na_ 9(disz) _su ku3#-[sig17 n] su_ im-t,i3 | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 · 𒆸 𒆬· · 𒆸 𒅎· | with 1 mina 9 (su) of gold... he weighed out. |
| 8 | i-na 1(disz) _ma-[na n su ku3]-sig17 1(disz) 1/2(disz) su_ im-t,i3 | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠· X 𒆸 ·𒅗 · · 𒆸 𒅎· | with 1 mina n su of gold, 1 1/2 su of ghee |
| 9 | i-na 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) _su ku3-sig17_ 1(disz) _su_ im-t,i3 | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 · 𒆸 𒆬𒅗 · 𒆸 𒅎· | with 1 mina 10 (sila3) of gold, 1 (sila3) of ghee, |
| 10 | i-na 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na_ 7(disz) _su ku3-sig17_ 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _su_ im-t,i3 | 𒄿𒈾 · · 𒈠𒈾 · 𒆸 𒆬𒅗 · · 𒆸 𒅎· | with 1 1/2 minas 7 (sila3) of gold (and) 1 1/2 (sila3) of ghee, |
| 11 | i-na 1(disz) 1/3(disz) _ma-na_ 9(disz) _su ku3-sig17_ 1(disz) 5/6(disz) _su_ im-t,i3 | 𒄿𒈾 · · 𒈠𒈾 · 𒆸 𒆬𒅗 · · 𒆸 𒅎· | with 1 1/3 mina 9 (sila3) of gold, 1 5/6 (sila3) of reddish gold |
| 12 | i-na 1(disz) _ma-na_ 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) _su ku3-sig17 igi-4(disz)-gal2_ im#-t,i3# | 𒄿𒈾 · 𒈠𒈾 · · · 𒆸 𒆬𒅗 𒅆·𒃲 𒅎· | with 1 mina 18 1/2 minas of gold, 1/4 shekel of silver, |