Tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC) period and now kept in German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Transliteration
tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(N48) , 1(N57)
en: 1200 (ninda, ca. 6m), the (first) length,
2. 2(N48)# , [1(N57)]
en: 1200, the (second) length;
column 2
1. 1(N48) 5(N34)# 3(N14)# , 1(N58)
en: 930, the (first) width,
2. [1(N48)] 4(N34)# 3(N14)# , 1(N58)
en: 870, the (second) width.
calculation (implied): (1200 + 1200)/2 × (930 + 870)/2 = 10,800 iku = 10 šar2
reverse
column 1
1. [1(N48)] 6(N34)# [3(N14)] , 1(N57)#
en: 990, the (first) length,
2. 2(N48) 3(N34)# 3(N14)# , [1(N57)]
en: 1410, the (second) length;
column 2
1. 2(N48)# [1(N34) 2(N14)] , [1(N58)]
en: 1280, the (first) width,
2. 8(N34)# 4(N14) , 1(N58)
en: 520, the (second) width.
calculation (implied): (990 + 1410)/2 × (1280 + 520)/2 = 10,800 iku = 10 šar2