Position in chronology
CAB.G.3.137-7
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The world it comes from
A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.
Transliteration
1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 geme2 nig2-ar3-ra e2-amar-ka 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 geme2 kikken x-x 3(gesz2) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 e2#-bappir e2#-kas4 a-pi4-sal4 ki szesz-saga-ta kiszib3 lu2-kal-la a2 u4 du8-ha-bi i3-ib2-gar mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2!(HUL) lu2-kal-la dub-sar dumu ur-e11-e szusz3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CAB.G.3.137-7. 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 Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (P424440) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P424440..
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