Position in chronology
CDLB 2007/002 3
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.
From the same catalogue range (near P373967)
Transliteration
2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur ugula gu-u2-gu-a 2(gesz2) 1(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) sze gur# ugula kas4 a-sza3 sza-ra-hum-ma sze gesz e3-a ki-su7 i3-szum2-ma iti dal mu szu-suen lugal-e e2-szara2 umma-ka mu-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLB 2007/002 3. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Clinton Historical Society, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA (P373967) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P373967..
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