Position in chronology
CUSAS 39, 208
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 P253695)
Transliteration
2(asz)# [...] kasz aga3-us2 giri3 ku3-ga-ni sza3 a2 u4-da kiszib3 hu-wa-wa-ka tur-re-dam kiszib3 lu2-kal-la mu szu-suen lugal kiszib3-bi ki hu-wa-wa-ta lu2-kal-la szu ba-ti a2-e3 giri3 lu2 nig2-dab5-ba-ke4-ne-ka igi kar2-kar2-de3 gaba-ri kiszib3 lu2-kal-la mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 208. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P253695) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P253695..
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