Position in chronology
RTC 270
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.
Transliteration
1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 saga 1(disz) tug2 gu2-e3 us2 1(disz) tug2 bur2 saga ur-ga2 2(disz) tug2 mu-du8-um lu2-ba-ba6 1(disz) tug2 aktum us2 2(disz) tug2 guz-za us2 ki ur-sa6-ga-ta# giri3 ur-sa6-ga# ur-esz3-lil2-la2 szu ba-ti iti GAN2-masz mu i7 a-nin-tu ba-al
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RTC 270. 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: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P128424) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P128424..
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