Position in chronology
MVN 21, 284
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 P120521)
Transliteration
5(disz) sila3 sze-bi kab2 ba-ab-du11 5(disz) gin2 im-sag3 sze-bi gur 1(ban2) sze ma2 lugal kab2 ba-ab-du11 1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 im-sag3 sze-bi 3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 5(disz) sila3 sze kab2 ba-ab-du11 sze-duru5 [x] gin2 im-sag3 sze-bi 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 <<DISZ>> giri3 u2-li aga3-us2 u3 giri3 ur-tur ma2!-lah5 iti pa5-u2-e mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 21, 284. 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).
Attribution
Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P120521) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P120521..
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