Princeton 2, 006

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P201004

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

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Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) sa szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga ur-nin-sun2-ka
5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) sa szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga lu2-kal-la
5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) sa szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga a-lu5-mu
5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) sa szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga mu-ni-i3-zu
5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) sa szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga sza3-mu
3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) sa szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga ur-dun
3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) sa szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga ab-ba
3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) sa szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga lu2-banda3
szunigin
3(u) 4(disz) sila3 kasz 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 ninda 1(u) 6(disz) sa szum2 1/3(disz) sila4 gin2 i3 gin2 naga
u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
iti pa4-u2-e

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P201004) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201004..

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