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BPOA 07, 2447 (P290292)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2447 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290292 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04227 |
| 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 | 1(u) 4(disz) gurusz gi zex(SIG7)-a 5(u) sar-ta | 14 male laborers, reed bundles cut at 50 sar (per day), |
| 2 | 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz gi zex(SIG7)-a 4(u) sar-ta | 27 male laborers, reed bundles spread out at 40 sar (per day), |
| 3 | 9(disz) gurusz gi zex(SIG7)-a 3(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 9 male laborers, reed bundles spread out at 35 sar (per day), |
| 4 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz gi zex(SIG7)-a 3(u) sar-ta | 12 male laborers, reed bundles cut at 30 sar (per day), |
| 5 | 5(u) 1(disz) gurusz gi ku5-ra2 2(u) sar-ta | 51 male laborers, reed cut at 20 sar (per day), |
| 6 | 4(u) 5(disz) gurusz gi ku5-ra2 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 45 male laborers, reed cut at 15 sar (per day), |
| 7 | 1(u) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta | 10 male laborers, hoed at 5 sar (per day), |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz al 4(disz) sar-ta | 96 1/2 male laborers, hoed at 4 sar (per day), |
| 9 | 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz al 3(disz) sar-ta | 27 male laborers, hoed at 3 sar (per day), |
| 10 | 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz {gesz}ma-asz! 2(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 11 male laborers, boatmen, 25 sar (per day) |
| 11 | 3(u) 3(disz) gurusz {gesz}ma-asz 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 33 laborers, boats at 15 sar (per day), |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) gurusz {gesz}dih3 3(u) sar-ta | 20 hirelings, 30 sar (per day) |
| 2 | 2(u) 3(disz) gurusz {gesz}dih3 2(u) sar-ta | 23 male laborers, hoed at 20 sar (per day), |
| 3 | 2(u) 4(disz) gurusz la-ag ab-sin2-ta ri-ri-ga 1(gesz2) sar-ta | 24 male laborers, weighed out by the furrows, at 60 sar (per day), |
| 4 | a2 sza3 sahar-ra-ka | labor of the midst of the dust |
| 5 | ugula lugal-nig2-lagar-e | foreman: Lugal-nig-lagare; |
| 6 | a-sza3 gu2-edin-na | field Gu-edina, |
| 7 | kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lugal-ku3-zu | under seal of Lugal-kuzu; |
| 8 | mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul | year: “Kimaš was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-ku3-zu | Lugal-kuzu |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-e2-mah-e | son of Lugal-emaḫe, |
Sources & licences
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