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A Syrian times table (KTT 069)
Old Babylonian multiplication table from Tuttul on the Euphrates.
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| Designation | KTT 069 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | NMSR — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Raqqa, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian |
| Genre | Mathematical |
| Provenience | Tuttul (mod. Tell Bi'a) |
| Findspot | 35.958, 39.0471 |
| CDLI no. | P392704 |
| Source | Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative — CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) |
| Lines | 23 (23 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 | 18 a-ra2 1 18 | · 𒁕𒅆 𒁹 · | 18 times 1; |
| 2 | a-ra2 2 36 | 𒁕𒅆 𒈫 · | the length: 2 36 |
| 3 | a-ra2 3 54 | 𒁕𒅆 𒐈 · | for 3 54 times |
| 4 | a-ra2 4 1.12 | 𒁕𒅆 · 𒁹· | times 4 1 12 |
| 5 | a-ra2 5 1.30 | 𒁕𒅆 𒐊 𒁹𒌍 | times 5: 1 30 |
| 6 | a-ra2 6 1.48 | 𒁕𒅆 𒐋 𒁹· | the times 6 1 48 |
| 7 | a-ra2 7 2#.6# | 𒁕𒅆 𒅓 𒈫𒐋 | the length: 7 2/6 times |
| 8 | a-ra2 8 2.24 | 𒁕𒅆 𒑄 𒈫· | the times 8 2 24 |
| 9 | a-ra2 9 2.42# | 𒁕𒅆 · 𒈫· | the times: 9 2 42 |
| 10 | a-ra2 10 3 | 𒁕𒅆 𒌋 𒐈 | for the 10th time |
| 11 | a-ra2 11 3.18 | 𒁕𒅆 · 𒐈· | the times: 11 3 18 |
| reverse | |||
| 1 | a-ra2 12 3.36 | 𒁕𒅆 · 𒐈· | the times: 12 3 36 |
| 2 | a-ra2 13 3.54 | 𒁕𒅆 · 𒐈· | times 13: 3 54 |
| 3 | a-ra2 14 4.12 | 𒁕𒅆 · ·· | times 14: 4 12 |
| 4 | a-ra2 15 4.30 | 𒁕𒅆 𒌋𒐊 ·𒌍 | times 15: 4 30 |
| 5 | a-ra2 16 4#.48# | 𒁕𒅆 · ·· | times 16: 4 48 |
| 6 | a-ra2 17 5.6# | 𒁕𒅆 · 𒐊𒐋 | the times 17 5,6 |
| 7 | a-ra2 18 5.24 | 𒁕𒅆 · 𒐊· | times 18: 5 24 |
| 8 | a-ra2 19 5.42# | 𒁕𒅆 · 𒐊· | times 19 5 42 |
| 9 | a#-ra2# 20 6 | 𒁕𒅆 𒎙 𒐋 | For the 20th time |
| 10 | [a]-ra2# 30 9 | ·𒅆 𒌍 · | the 30th (time) 9 times |
| 11 | [a]-ra2# 40 12 | ·𒅆 𒐏 · | For 40 times 12 |
| 12 | a#-ra2 50 15 | 𒁕𒅆 𒐐 𒌋𒐊 | a time of 50, 15° |