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BPOA 07, 2446 (P290291)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2446 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290291 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04226 |
| 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(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta | 10 (sixties) sar, hoed at 4 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)!-kam | its labor: 105 days |
| 3 | 1(gesz'u) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-ra2 2(u) sar-ta | 10 (sixties) sar of kiši-plant cut at 20 sara (per day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 3(u)-kam | its labor: 30 days; |
| 5 | 2(gesz'u) 3(u) sar dih3 ku5-ra2 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 180 sar, diḫ-offerings cut at 15 sara (per day), |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz)-kam | its labor: 62 days; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) sar {u2}gug4 | 1060 sar of oxen, |
| 2 | bu3-ra 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | ... 15 sar (= 15 sila3) each |
| 3 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(disz) 2/3(disz)-kam | its labor: 105 2/3 days; |
| 4 | a-sza3 a-u2-da gu-la | field Great Auda, |
| 5 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 | labor of hirelings |
| 6 | ugula lugal-{d}isztaran | foreman: Lugal-Ištaran; |
| 7 | kiszib3 ur-{d}utu | under seal of Ur-Utu |
| 8 | mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8 | year: “The boat of Enki was caulked. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}utu | Ur-Utu |
| 2 | dumu al-la sukkal | son of Alla, the messenger. |
Sources & licences
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