Position in chronology
TLB 03, 008
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 P134149)
Transliteration
1(disz) udu niga 1(disz)# masz2 u2 e2-gu-la nin-gir2-su 1(disz) masz2 e2-gibil nin-gir2-su 1(disz) masz2 ig-alim 1(disz) masz2 szul-sza3-ga-na 1(disz) masz2 ga2-tum3-du10 esz3-esz3 nin-dingir-ra gigir-re i3-ak 1(disz) udu niga 2(disz) masz2 u2 kadra2 temen ba-ba6 zi-ga nin-dingir-ra ki ba-ba6-eb2-gu-ul-ta iti munu4-gu7 mu amar-suen lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TLB 03, 008. 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 Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P134149) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P134149..
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