Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 147
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 P134458)
Transliteration
3(ban2) nig2-sa10 kasz dida du 1(ban2) dabin a2-bi 2(disz) sila3 lu2 tukul a-sza3 LAGAB 5(disz) sila3 zi3-gu 1(ban2) sze a2-bi 2(disz) sila3 ad-da ra2-gaba 1(ban2) sze sa2-du11 x ama-esz3-ba-ba6 1(ban2) sze-ba szesz-kal-la dumu sza3-gu2-bi 8(disz) sila3 sza3-gal ur-ba-ba6 u4 4(disz)-kam ki ur-szu-mah-ta ba-zi iti ezem-szul-gi mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 147. 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). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134458) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P134458..
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