AAS 168

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100148

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A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.

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Transliteration

4(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 en-nu
2(ban2) 5(disz) gin2 szu-szul-gi
8(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 tab-be-li2 u3 dan-num2
4(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2 gu3-de2-a mar-tu
8(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2 i-di3-a
4(disz) sila3 SIG7-a
4(disz) sila3 1(disz) [n gin2 x-x]-i3-li2
2(ban2) 2(disz) gin2 puzur4-suen
8(disz) sila3 4(disz) gin2 lu2-u2-me
1(ban2) 2(disz) gin2 u2-bur-li
5(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2 lu2-bala-sa6 ur-gigir ra2-gaba-da du
u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
iti GAN2-masz

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAS 168. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: College de France, Paris, France (P100148) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100148..

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