IM 051592 (X112233)
mathematical, Old Babylonian, Tell Harmal · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | IM 051592 |
|---|---|
| ID | X112233 |
| Museum no. | IM 051592 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | mathematical |
| Find spot | Tell Harmal |
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 | ||
| 2 | šum-ma 5 <ṣu₂-pa-am> a-ta-ba-ak a-na ṭa₃-ri-x-x | If I have poured out 5 (shekels of silver) for ... |
| 3 | iš-te-en za-bi-il tu-up-ši-ki | Now, I have cleared your tablet. |
| 4 | ki ma-ṣi₂ lu-uš-ku-un | Let me establish a place for it |
| 5 | at-ta i-na e-pe₂-ši-ka i-gi 5 ṣu₂-pa-am | You, in your working: a reciprocal of 0;05 will come up. |
| 6 | pu-ṭu₂-ur-ma 12 i-li 12 a-⸢na⸣ | Solve the reciprocal of 0;12, so that 12 will come up. |
| 7 | 45 na-az-ba-li i-ši-ma 9 i-[li] | Multiply 0;45, the carriage constant, so that 9 will come up. |
| r | ||
| 1 | 9 a(E-)na 2.13.20 tu-up-ši-ki | Multiply 9 by 0;02 13 20, your tablet. |
| 2 | i-ši-ma 20 i-li i-gi 20 pu-ṭu₂-ur-[ma] | Solve the reciprocal of 0;20, so that 1 00 will come up. |
| 3 | 3 i-li 3 a-na 20 a-li-im | Multiply 3 by 0;20, the height. |
| 4 | i-ši-ma 1 i-li 1 ti-i-li-tum | Now, 1 is 0;01, the reciprocal of 1. |
| 5 | iš-te-en za-bi-il tu-up-ši-ki | Now, I have cleared your tablet. |
Sources & licences
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