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Barley capacity table (TMN Ist Ni 3741)
Old Babylonian table of grain capacities from Nippur.
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| Designation | TMN p. 338, Ist Ni 03741 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 03741 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian |
| Genre | Mathematical |
| Provenience | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Findspot | 32.1271, 45.23 |
| CDLI no. | P368783 |
| Source | Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative — CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) |
| Lines | 36 (35 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' | [...] x x | × × | |
| 2' | [...] nu-mu-de2-en-ze2-en# | 𒉡𒄭𒁲𒂗𒍣𒂗 | ... you do not know |
| 3' | [...] a?-nag-ab?-ze2-en ? | 𒁕𒅘𒀊𒍣𒂗 | ... I want to drink(?) |
| 4' | [...] am3 zi-mu | 𒀀𒀭 𒉈𒄭 | ... am I. |
| 5' | [...] de3-en-ze2-en | 𒁲𒂗𒍣𒂗 | ... you(?) |
| 6' | [...] x-a | ×𒁕 | ...... |
| reverse col 1 | |||
| 1' | 2(barig) 1(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 2 barig 1 ban2 barley |
| 2' | 2(barig) 2(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 2 barig 2 ban2 barley |
| 3' | 2(barig) 3(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 2 barig 3 ban2 barley |
| 4' | 2(barig) 4(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 2 barig 4 ban2 barley |
| 5' | 2(barig) 5(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 2 barig 5 ban2 barley |
| 6' | 3(barig) [sze] | · · | 3 barig of barley |
| 7' | 3(barig) 1(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 3 barig 1 ban2 barley |
| 8' | 3(barig) 2(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 3 barig 2 ban2 barley |
| 9' | 3(barig) 3#(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 3 barig 3 ban2 barley |
| 10' | 3(barig) 4(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 3 barig 4 ban2 barley |
| 11' | 3(barig) 5#(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 3 barig 5 ban2 barley |
| 12' | 4(barig) [sze] | · · | 4 barig of barley |
| 13' | 4(barig) 1(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 4 barig 1 ban2 barley |
| 14' | 4(barig) 2(ban2) [sze] | · · · | 4 barig 2 ban2 barley |
| 15' | 4(barig) [3(ban2) sze] | · · · | 4 barig 3 ban2 barley |
| reverse col 2 | |||
| 1' | [...] gur | 𒄥 | ... gur |
| 2' | 8#(asz) gur | · 𒄥 | 8 gur |
| 3' | 9(asz) gur | · 𒄥 | 9 gur |
| 4' | 1(u) gur | · 𒄥 | 10 gur |
| 5' | 1(u) 1(asz) gur | · · 𒄥 | 11 gur |
| 6' | 1(u) 2(asz) gur | · · 𒄥 | 12 gur |
| 7' | 1(u) 3(asz) gur | · · 𒄥 | 13 gur |
| 8' | 1(u) 4(asz) gur | · · 𒄥 | 14 gur |
| 9' | 1(u) 5(asz) gur | · · 𒄥 | 15 gur |
| 10' | [1(u)] 6#(asz) gur | · · 𒄥 | 16 gur |
| 11' | [1(u) 7(asz)] gur | · · 𒄥 | 17 gur |
| 12' | [1(u) 8(asz)] gur | · · 𒄥 | 18 gur |
| 13' | [1(u) 9(asz)] gur | · · 𒄥 | 19 gur |
| 14' | [2(u)] gur | · 𒄥 | 20 gur |
| 15' | [...] gur | 𒄥 | ... gur |