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StrKT 11 (P414664)
Mathematical, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | StrKT 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414664 |
| Museum no. | BNUS 368 |
| Collection | Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Mathematical |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | GI el-qe₂-e-ma mi-in-da-as-su₂ NU ZU | I took a reed and I did not know its depth. |
| 2 | 1 KUŠ₃ ah-ṣu-ub-šu-u₂-ma 1 šu-ši US₂ al-li-ik | I removed 1 cubit from it and went one-sixth of the length. |
| 3 | ša ah-ṣu₂-bu-u₂-šu u₂-te-er-šu-um-ma | Whose aḫšu-disease returned to him, and |
| 4 | 30-šu SAG al-li-ik | His first-born son I went. |
| 5 | 6.15 A.ŠA₃ SAG GI EN.NAM | 6;15, the width. What are the reeds? |
| 6 | ZA.E KI₃.DA.ZU.DE₃ KI₃.DA.ZU.DE₃ | You, when you are to perform the kidzû-ritual. |
| 7 | 1 u₃ 30 HE₂.GAR GI ša la ti-du-u₂ | If the moon is surrounded by a halo of reed that cannot be seen: |
| 8 | 1 šu-ku-un a-na 1 šu-ši-šu ša ta-al-li-ku | 1 (tablet of) "Total" (of 1 line) of "You will go" |
| 9 | ta-na-aš-ši-i-ma 1 US₂ LUL | You take away 1 length, the false one |
| 10 | 30 a-na 1 ša-a-ti NIM 30 SAG LUL | Multiply 0;30 by 1. The width is 30. |
| 11 | 30 SAG LUL a-na 1 US₂ LUL | 0;30, the width, false. To 1 length false. |
| 12 | NIM 30 A.ŠA₃ LUL | Month XII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month). |
| 13 | 30 a-na 6.15 A.ŠA₃ GI.NA | Multiply 0;30 by 6;15, the volume. |
| r | ||
| 1 | NIM-ma 3.07.30 IN.SUM | it was high, and it was given as 3 07 30. |
| 2 | 5 ša ih-ha-aṣ-bu a-na US₂ LUL NIM | The 5th, it was balanced to the length of a false. |
| 3 | 5 IN.SUM 5 a-na SAG LUL NIM | 0;05 gave. 5 to the head of a falsehood. |
| 4 | 2.30 IN.SUM 1/2 2.30 GAZ 1.15 | It gives 2;30. 1/2 0;02 30 will kill 1;15. |
| 5 | 1.15 DU₇.DU₇ 1.33.45 | 1;15, a circle. 1;33 45 |
| 6 | a-na 3.07.30 DAH 3.09.03.45 | Add to 3 07 30: 3 09 03 45. |
| 7 | EN.NAM IB₂.SI₈ 13.45 ⸢IB₂⸣.[SI₈] | What is the square-side? 13 45 00 |
| 8 | 1.15 ša DU₇.DU₇ a-na ŠA₃ ṣi-ib | The 1 15th, what you add to the hand. |
| 9 | 15 IN.SUM IGI 30 A.ŠA₃ LUL DU₈ 2 | The reciprocal of 0;15 is 30. Solve the falsehood. |
| 10 | 2 a-na 15 NIM 30 SAG GI.<NA> | Multiply 2 by 15. The width is 30. The reed is 0;00 30. |
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