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BPOA 07, 2444 (P290289)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2444 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290289 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04224 |
| 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 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 13 male laborer workdays, |
| 2 | i7 sal4-la sahar si-ga | the salû-waterway filled with dust, |
| 3 | 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 10 male laborer workdays |
| 4 | KA gu ku6 sag sahar si-ga | ... the head of the fish is piled up with dust. |
| 5 | 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 10 male laborer workdays |
| 6 | kun-zi-da i7 sal4-la sahar si-ga | at the reservoir of the salû-waterway filled with dust, |
| 7 | 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 kun-zi-da | 10 workdays, male laborers at Kunzida, |
| 8 | suh-gibil-du3-a gub-ba | stationed in the Suḫgibildua, |
| 9 | 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a-sza3-ge a du11-ga | 10 workdays, male laborers, field watered, |
| 10 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 i7 si-sa2 sahar si-ga | 12 workdays, male laborers, sisa-water, silt piled up, |
| 11 | 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a-sza3 ur-gu a du11-ga | 30 workdays, male laborers, field Urgu, watered, |
| 12 | 3(disz) 5/6(disz) sar kin sahar kun-zi-da i7 gibil a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu | 3 5/6 sar work, soil of the canal Kunzida, new canal, field Manu; |
| 13 | 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 kab2-ku5 ur-gu a du11-ga | 5 workdays, male laborers, at the reservoir Urgu, watered, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 kab2-ku5 i3-szum2-sze3 u2 ga6-ga2 | 12 workdays, male laborers, at the granary, given, grass carried, |
| 2 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ka-gu4-ku6-sag a du11-ga | 15 workdays, male laborers at Kagu-sag, watered, |
| 3 | ugula da-du-mu | foreman: Dadumu; |
| 4 | kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lugal-e2-mah-e | under seal of Lugal-emaḫe; |
| 5 | mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul | year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Urbilum destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-e2-mah-e | Lugal-emaḫe, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni | son of Lugal-kugani, |
Sources & licences
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