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BPOA 07, 2437 (P290276)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2437 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290276 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04205 |
| 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 | 5(u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) sar-ta | 50 sar, straight reeds at 10 sara each, |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 5(disz)-kam | its labor: 5 days; |
| 3 | 5(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar nig2-gul 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 315 sar, grain-heap at 15 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam | its labor: 21 days; |
| 5 | 4(gesz2) 3(u) sar al 6(disz) sar-ta | 390 sar, hoed at 6 saar (per day), |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 4(u) 5(disz)-kam | its labor: 45 days; |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) sar {u2}kiszi17 1(u) sar-ta | 60 sar, juniper at 10 sara each, |
| 8 | a2-bi u4 8(disz)-kam | its labor: 8 days; |
| 9 | a-sza3 a-ba-gal | field Abagal, |
| 10 | 5(u) sar nig2-gul 1(u) sar-ta | 50 sar, “cutting-of-the-throat’ at 10 (volume-)sar per (ninda), |
| 11 | a2-bi u4 5(disz)-kam | its labor: 5 days; |
| 12 | 2(gesz2) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | 120 sar, hoed at 5 saar (per day), |
| 13 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam | its labor: 24 days; |
| 14 | 7(gesz2) [n] sar al [n] sar-ta | 7(geš₂) sar, hoed at n sarta (per day) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u)-kam | its labor: 240 days; |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) sar nig2-gul [1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta] | 105 sar, grain-heap, at 15 sara (per day) |
| 3 | a2-bi u4 7(disz)-kam | its labor: 7 days; |
| 4 | 4(u) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta | 40 sar, hoed at 4 sarta (per day), |
| 5 | a2-bi u4 1(u)-kam | its labor: 10 days; |
| 6 | a2 sza3-gu4-ka | labor of oxen drivers |
| 7 | a-sza3 uku2-nu-ti | field Ukunuti, |
| 8 | ugula lu2-du10-ga | foreman: Lu-duga; |
| 9 | kiszib3 ku3-ga-ni | under seal of Kugani |
| 10 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 | year: “Šū-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ku3-ga-ni | his silver |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-sa6-ga | son of Ur-saga, |
Sources & licences
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