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--- old_babylonian_scribal_schools [2015/10/26 20:11] – [Old Babylonian scribal schools] gombert
+++ old_babylonian_scribal_schools [2017/02/13 07:39] (current) – [Table] gombert
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 | GAN<sub>2</sub>((see system G below)) | {{:obab_gan2.jpg?nolink|}} | ca. 3600 m<sup>2</sup> |
+System G, used before the sign GAN2
+| {{:obab_shar_u.png?nolink}}  |  **× 10\\ ←**  | {{:obab_shar2.png?nolink}}  |  **× 6\\ ←**  | {{:obab_bur_u.png?nolink}}  |  **× 10\\ ←**  | {{:obab_u.png?nolink}}  |  **× 3\\ ←**  | {{:obab_eshe3.png?nolink}}  |  **× 6\\ ←**  | {{:obab_ash.png?nolink}}  |  **× 2\\ ←**  | {{:obab_ubu.png?nolink}}  |
+| šar’u                        | :::            | šar<sub>2</sub>             | :::           | bur’u                       | :::            | bur<sub>3</sub>         | :::           | eše<sub>3</sub>             | :::           | iku                       | :::           | ubu                       |
+| 10 800 iku                   | :::            | 1 080 iku                   | :::           | 180 iku                     | :::            | 18 iku                  | :::           | 6 iku                       | :::           | 1 iku                     | :::           | ½ iku                     |
+\\
+Examples:\\
+{{:obab_ash.png?nolink|}}{{:obab_gan2.jpg?nolink|}}1(iku) GAN<sub>2</sub> represents ca. 3600 m<sup>2</sup>\\
+{{:2sysg.png?nolink&25|}}{{:obab_gan2.jpg?nolink|}}2(eše<sub>3</sub>) GAN<sub>2</sub> represents ca. 2×6×3600 m<sup>2</sup>, that is, 43 200 m<sup>2</sup>
 == Units of length ==
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 Bridge between volume and capacity units: 1 sar-volume is equivalent to 60 gur (ca. 18 m<sup>3</sup> or 18 000 liters).\\
-===  Numerical systems ===
+===  Numbers and fractions ===
 == System S, used for counting discrete items ==