Foundation tablet IMG 4565-black

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

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

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Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0 fr). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Foundation tablet. The inscriptions record the rebuilding of the temple of Nanshe in Nina by Gudea.

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Image: Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Foundation tablet IMG 4565-black.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFoundation_tablet_IMG_4565-black.jpg. Description: Foundation tablet. The inscriptions record the rebuilding of the temple of Nanshe in Nina by Gudea..

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