Position in chronology
OIP 115, 425
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 P123415)
Transliteration
3(disz) gu4 niga sag-gu4 1(u) gu4 niga 1(u) 7(disz) gu4 esz3-esz3-sze3 2(disz) amar gu4 mu 2(asz) [niga] siskur2 gu-la 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu 5(u) 8(disz) u8 4(u) sila4 gaba 3(u) 6(disz) masz2-gal 1(u) masz2 1(disz) ud5 esz3-esz3 e2-u4-sakar ki a-hu-ni-ta na-sa6 i3-dab5 iti u4 3(u) la2 1(disz) ba-zal iti u5-bi2-gu7 mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 425. 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P123415) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P123415..
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