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BPOA 07, 2442 (P290287)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2442 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290287 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04222 |
| 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 | 7(disz) ninda 3(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 iz-zi [4(disz) kusz3] | 7 ninda 3 1/2 cubits is the izzi constant: 4 cubit |
| 2 | 4(disz) 1/2(disz) dub-la2 gid2 5(disz) kusz3-ta dagal 2/3(disz) [...] | 4 1/2 jugs long, 5 cubits wide, 2/3 (mina) |
| 3 | iz-zi gu-la | the great izzi prayer |
| 4 | 9(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3 iz-zi 3(disz) kusz3-ta | 9 ninda 2 cubits izzi-measure, 3 cubit each, |
| 5 | 1(asz) ninda 4(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 iz-zi 2(disz) kusz3-ta | 1 ninda 4 1/2 cubits is the izzu-measure: 2 cubit each, |
| 6 | us2-sa bad3-da | along the side of the wall |
| 7 | 7(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 2(disz) kusz3 iz-zi 3(disz) kusz3-ta | 7 1/2 ninda 2 cubits izzi-measure, 3 cubit each, |
| 8 | 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 iz-zi 2(disz) kusz3-ta | 2 1/2 ninda 1 1/2 cubits izzu, 2 cubit each |
| 9 | 4(disz) ninda iz-zi 3(disz) 1/3(disz) kusz3-ta | 4 ninda of izzi-bread, 3 1/3 cubits each, |
| 10 | iz-zi e2 ki-tusz a2 1(disz)-a-sze3 | to Izzi, the house of residence, at one time, |
| 11 | 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 3(disz) kusz3 iz-zi si-sa2 e2 | 3 1/2 ninda 3 cubits square side: the house; |
| 12 | [...] sar 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 | ... 2 1/2 shekels |
| 13 | [...]-kam | It is of |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] i3-dab5 | ... accepted |
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