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SCIAMVS 05, 038-039 no. 23 (P368264)
Mathematical, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SCIAMVS 05, 038-039 no. 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P368264 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1924-0564 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Mathematical |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| flake i | ||
| 1' | 5 ⸢še⸣ | 5 eše3 plants |
| 2' | 6 še | 6 barley(s) |
| 3' | 7 še | 7 barley(s) |
| 4' | 8 še | 8 barley(s) |
| 5' | 9 še | 9 barley(s) |
| 6' | 10 še | 10 barley(s) |
| 7' | 11 ⸢še⸣ | 11 grass-fed emmer(s), |
| 8' | 12 še | 12 barley(s) |
| 9' | 13 [še] | 13 barley(s) |
| 10' | 14 še] | 14 barley(s) |
| 11' | 15 še | 15 barley(s), |
| 12' | 16 [še] | 16 barleycorns |
| flake ii | ||
| 1' | 1/3 [giŋ₄ 10 še] | 1/3 reed, 10 barleycorns |
| 2' | 1/3 ⸢giŋ₄⸣ 15 še] | 1/3 (shekel) reed-bed |
| 3' | 1/3 giŋ₄ 20 še] | 1/3 reed, 20 grains |
| 4' | 1/2 [giŋ₄] | 1/2 reed |
| 5' | 1/2 giŋ₄ 5 [še] | 1/2 reed, 5 barleycorns |
| 6' | 1/2 [giŋ₄ 10 še] | 1/2 reed, 10 barleycorns |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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