Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 359
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 P134669)
Transliteration
bar nig2-bun2-na u3-ul-bil2 u3-kum i3-gesz ka u3-szesz4# lu2 kal? al-su-ub-be2# u3-su-ub kasz sag3 al-su-ub-be2 kasz sag3 u3-su-ub a al-tu17-tu17 a u3-tu17 u3-suh5 u3-kum ab-se-ge lu2 GIN2 u3 nu gig szub-ba-kam
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 359. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134669) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P134669..
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