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IM 053960 (X112239)
mathematical, Old Babylonian, Tell Harmal · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | IM 053960 |
|---|---|
| ID | X112239 |
| Museum no. | IM 053960 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | šum-ma [ki-a-am i-ša]-⸢al-ka um⸣-ma šu-⸢u₂⸣-ma | If, thus, he asks you, thus says he: |
| 2 | x [...] x x x x šu-up-lu-um | ... šuplum |
| 3 | ⸢e-pe₂-ri⸣ [ki ma-ṣi₂ at-ta i-na e-pe₂]-⸢ši-ka⸣ 30 x 30 | You, in your working: 30 ... 30 |
| 4 | [šu-ta-ki-il-ma] 15 ⸢i-li⸣ 15 ša i-li-a-ku-⸢um⸣ | Turn back, and 0;15 will come up for you. The 15th, which is called “Iliakû-ēṭum-e'e'. |
| 5 | [a-na 3 ⸢šu-up-li⸣-im ⸢i-ši⸣-i-ma | For 3 ešuplû-vessels I added, and |
| 6 | 45 ⸢ta-ma⸣-ar 45 [e]-⸢pe₂-ru⸣-ka | You will see 0;45. “You will see 1;45, your depth. |
| 7 | [šum]-⸢ma 45 e-pe₂-ru-ka | If 45 is your depth |
| 8 | [...] x-mi ki ma-ṣi₂ | ... my ... place |
| r | ||
| 1 | [at]-⸢ta i⸣-na e-⸢pe₂⸣-ši-⸢ka⸣ [...]-x-li-ka | When you enter, when you enter ... |
| 2 | 5 ...]-x-x-ka a-na 45 [e]-pe₂-ri-⸢ka⸣ | Multiply 0;05, your ..., by 45, your depth. |
| 3 | [i-ši]-ma 4 ⸢SIG₄-ka ta-ma⸣-ar | Now, you will see your 4 bricks. |
| 4 | ⸢šum-ma⸣ [...] KU₃.BABBAR-šu-nu x-x | If ... their silver |
| 5 | [... ki] ⸢ma⸣-ṣi₂ at-ta i-na e-pe₂-ši-ka | You, in your working |
| 6 | [...] 4 x-ka a-⸢na⸣ x ṣi₂-im-ma | ... 4 ... your ... |
| 7 | 8 [...]-šu-nu | 8 of them |
Sources & licences
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