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BPOA 07, 2253 (P290404)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290404 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03469 |
| 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 | 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3 | 4 male laborers for 15 days |
| 2 | sze gur10-a a-sza3 | barley rations of the field |
| 3 | e2-gir-gi4-lu | the Egirgilu |
| 4 | u3 a-sza3 apin-ba-zi | and the field Pflug-bazi |
| 5 | giri3 lu2-he2-gal2 | via Lu-hegal |
| 6 | 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3 | 4 male laborers for 12 days |
| 7 | sze gur10-a zar3 tab-ba | barley rations, spread out in shekels, |
| 8 | a-sza3 {d}szara2-gu2-gal | field Šara-gugal, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 | 4 male laborers for 2 days |
| 2 | kun-zi-da i7 e2-duru5 {d}szul-pa-e3 ku5-a | on the bank of the E-duru canal of Šulpa’e canal cut, |
| 3 | 4(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 | 4 male laborers for 6 days |
| 4 | kun-zi-da e2-<duru5> {d}amar-{d}suen-ka gub-ba | stationed at the reservoir of the village of Amar-Suena, |
| 5 | ugula i7-pa-e3 | foreman: Ipa'e; |
| 6 | kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e | under seal of Lugal-emaḫe; |
| 7 | mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 | year: “The Amorite wall was erected. |
| 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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