Position in chronology
ArOr 87, 033-057 04
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 P465833)
Transliteration
4(disz) sila4 szesz-da-da sanga 3(disz) udu niga 2(disz) udu niga gesz-du3 2(disz) masz2-gal niga 1(disz) asz2-gar3 niga lugal-nir-gal2 1(disz) amar masz-da3 sag-nanna-zu 1(disz) sila4 ensi2 nibru 1(disz) sila4 ur-en-lil2-la2 mu-kux(DU) iti szu-esz5-sza mu szul-gi lugal-e ur-bi2-lum lu-lu-bu-um si-mu-ru-um u3 kar2-har 1(asz)-sze3 sagdu-bi szu-bur2-a bi2-in-ra u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ArOr 87, 033-057 04. 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 y1 — Šulgi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, USA (P465833) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P465833..
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