ZA 074, 060 (P217673)
Mathematical tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) ninda 1(disz) ninda-szid sa2
Friberg, with gesz'u = 1000 ?; ninda-szid = 1/4 ninda
2. 1(szargal){gal} 1(szar'u) 1(szar2) 2(bur'u) 7(bur3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku)? GAN2
also decimal ?
reverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 3(asz) gin2 2/3(disz){sza} 5(asz) gin2
part of preceding notation ?
2. ba-pa3
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obverse
1. 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) ninda 1(disz) ninda-szid sa2
Friberg, with gesz'u = 1000 ?; ninda-szid = 1/4 ninda
2. 1(szargal){gal} 1(szar'u) 1(szar2) 2(bur'u) 7(bur3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku)? GAN2
also decimal ?
reverse
1. 1/2(disz) sar 3(asz) gin2 2/3(disz){sza} 5(asz) gin2
part of preceding notation ?
2. ba-pa3
blank space