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BPOA 07, 2400 (P290167)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2400 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290167 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03640 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4 | 22 male laborers, 2 shepherds of oxen, |
| 2 | ugula da-du-mu | foreman: Dadumu; |
| 3 | 2(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4 | 19 male laborers, 2 oxen herdsmen, |
| 4 | ugula lugal-e2-mah-e | foreman: Lugal-emaḫe; |
| 5 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4 | 17 male laborers, 2 shepherds of oxen, |
| 6 | ugula i7-pa-e3 | foreman: Ipa'e; |
| 7 | 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4 | 18 male laborers, 2 shepherds of oxen, |
| 8 | ugula lugal-ku3-zu | foreman: Lugal-kuzu; |
| 9 | 1(u) 9(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4 | 19 male laborers, 2 shepherds of oxen, |
| 10 | ugula lugal-nesag-e | foreman: Lugal-nesage, |
| 11 | [... gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4] | ... male laborers, 2 shepherds of oxen |
| 12 | [ugula ...] | foreman: PN |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [... gurusz 2(disz) sipa gu4] | ... male laborers, 2 shepherds of oxen |
| 2 | ugula i3-kal-la | foreman: Ikalla |
| 3 | 6(disz) nu-{gesz}kiri6 ugula ur-{d}[...] | 6 orchardists, foreman: Ur- |
| 4 | 6(disz) nu-{gesz}kiri6 ugula a-gu-du | 6 orchardists, foreman: Agudu |
| 5 | 4(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz) ugula ur-sa6 | 4 male laborers, 1/2 mana, foreman: Ursa; |
| 6 | 1(u) geme2 ugula lugal-e2-mah-e | 10 female laborers, foreman: Lugal-emaḫe |
| 7 | 1(u) 3(disz) geme2 ugula lu2-bala-saga | 13 female laborers, foreman: Lu-bala-saga |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 4(disz) geme2 4(disz) dumu ugula# | 104 female laborers, 4 children, foreman |
| 9 | ugula ur-{d}nin-tu | foreman: Ur-Nintu; |
| 10 | 3(u) la2 2(disz) iri-ta e3-a | 30 less 2 (mana wool for) each city brought, |
| 11 | gurum2 ak u4 7(disz)-kam | inspections performed, 7th day, |
| 12 | ki-su7 a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu | the threshing floor of the field Manu, |
| 13 | iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar | month: “Bricks cast in moulds,’ |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu us2-sa gu-za | year following: "The chair." |
Sources & licences
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