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BPOA 07, 2438 (P290277)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2438 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290277 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04206 |
| 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)
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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(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) 1/2(iku) 1(disz) szar GAN2-ta gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz)-kam 5(iku) GAN2-ta | 2 eše3 3 1/2 iku field area: woven textiles, 1 sar field area each, harrowing, 3rd time, 5 (iku) field area per (day), |
| 2 | 1(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta | 1 bur3 of harrowing at 3 times at 5 iku per (day) |
| 3 | GAN2-gu4 | oxen field |
| 4 | 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta | 1 eše3 field area, harrowing, 3 times, at 5 iku field area each, |
| 5 | szuku engar | Šuku, the plowman |
| 6 | a-sza3 u2-du-en-lil2-a | field Udu-Enlila, |
| 7 | 1(bur3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)! 1/2(iku) 1(disz) sar GAN2-ta | 1 bur3 2 1/2 iku field area, ..., at 1 sar (per day), |
| 8 | gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta | harrowing, 3 times, at 5 iku field area each, |
| 9 | 3(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta | 3 bur3 of harrowing, 3 times, at 5 iku field area each, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(bur3) a-ra2 1(disz) | 1 bur3 times 1 |
| 2 | 4(bur3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta | 4 bur3 2 1/2 iku field area, harrowing, 3 times, at 5 icu field area each; |
| 3 | min a-ra2 2(disz) a-sza3 gid2-da | two times, 2 <fields> long |
| 4 | 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta gaba a-sza3 nin10-nu-du3 | 2 bur3 1 eše3 5 1/2 iku field area, harrowing, 2 times, at 5 icu field area each, adjacent to the field Nin-nudu, |
| 5 | 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta | 1 eše3 4 1/2 iku field area, harrowing, 3 times, at 5 icu field area each; |
| 6 | GAN2-gu4 | oxen field |
| 7 | 1(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 3(disz) 5(iku) GAN2-ta | 1 bur3 of harrowing at 3 times at 5 iku per (day) |
| 8 | szuku engar | Šuku, the plowman |
| 9 | a-sza3 a-bu3-du-du | field Abududu |
| 10 | nu-banda3-gu4 a-gu-gu | oxen manager: Agugu |
| 11 | kiszib3 ur-{d}utu | under seal of Ur-Utu |
| 12 | mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 | year: “The Amorite wall was erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-he2-gal2 | Lugal-hegal |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-{d}utu | son of Ur-Utu, |
Sources & licences
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