Position in chronology
CDLJ 2006/2 §06
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 P273414)
Transliteration
1(disz) tug2 gu2-na ki i3-kal-la-ta mu a-gu-sze3 kiszib3 a-a-kal-la iti e2-iti-6(disz) mu en inanna unu masz2-e i3-pa3 a-a-kal-la dub-sar dumu a-szi-an
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2006/2 §06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Odum Library, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, USA (P273414) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273414..
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