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Earth moved for the Takirum canal (UET 5, 855)
Old Babylonian canal problem from Ur, a companion to UET 5, 856.
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| Designation | UET 5, 0855 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | IM 057598 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian |
| Genre | Mathematical |
| Provenience | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Findspot | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
| CDLI no. | P254847 |
| Source | Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative — CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) |
| Lines | 17 (17 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 | 5(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda us2 | · · · 𒃻 𒍑 | 55 1/2 ninda length, |
| 2 | 1(disz) ninda sag 2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | · 𒃻 𒊕 · · 𒁓 | 1 ninda the head, 2 cubits the depth |
| 3 | sahar-bi 1(iku) GAN2 1(u) 1(disz) sar | 𒅖𒁉 · 𒃶 · · 𒉡 | its soil: 1 iku surface area, 11 sar; |
| 4 | 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda us2 | · · · 𒃻 𒍑 | 33 1/2 ninda length, |
| 5 | 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3 sag | · 𒃻 · · 𒊕 | 1/2 ninda 2 cubits, the head |
| 6 | 2(disz) kusz3 bur3 | · · 𒁓 | 2 cubits depth |
| 7 | sahar-bi 4(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sar | 𒅖𒁉 · · · 𒉡 | its soil: 44 2/3 sar; |
| 8 | 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 5(disz) 2/3(disz) sar | · · 𒃶 · · 𒉡 | 1 1/2 iku surface area, 5 2/3 sar |
| reverse | |||
| 1 | sza3-ba 1/2(iku) GAN2 [2(u) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) sar] | ·𒉿 · 𒃶 · · · · | therein: 1/2 iku surface area, 26 1/3 sar |
| 2 | kal-{d}szu-bu-la# | 𒆗·𒁍𒆷 | Kal-ubula |
| 3 | 1/2(iku) GAN2 2(u) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sar | · 𒃶 · · · 𒉡 | 1/2 iku surface area: 29 1/3 (volume-)sar |
| 4 | ARAD2-i3-li2-szu | 𒀴𒉌𒇷𒊒 | Warad-ilu |
| 5 | szunigin 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 5(disz) 2/3(disz) sar | 𒋗𒃸 · · 𒃶 · · 𒉡 | total: 1 1/2 iku surface area, 5 2/3 sar |
| 6 | sahar i7 ta-ki-ru-um | 𒅖 𒀀𒇉 𒁕𒆠𒊒𒌝 | soil of the Takirum canal |
| 7 | i7 buranun{ki} | 𒀀𒇉 · | the Euphrates River |
| 8 | iti du6-ku3 | 𒌗 𒁲𒆬 | month: “Mudammiq,” |
| 9 | mu e2 {d}inanna sza3 larsa{ki}-ma ba-du3 | 𒄭 𒂍 · · ·𒈠 𒉿𒁲 | year: “The house of Inanna in Larsa was erected.” |