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BPOA 07, 2321 (P290471)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2321 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290471 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03541 |
| 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 | 7(disz) gurusz 1(disz) gurusz ugula | 7 laborers, 1 laborer, foreman |
| 2 | ugula da-da | foreman: Dada; |
| 3 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz | 12 male laborers |
| 4 | ugula u3-dag-ga | foreman: Udaga |
| 5 | 6(disz) gurusz | 6 male laborers |
| 6 | ugula lugal-{d}isztaran | foreman: Lugal-Ištaran; |
| 7 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim | 2 male laborers, builders, |
| 8 | ugula ze2-na | foreman: Zēna |
| 9 | gurum2 ak u4 2(disz)-sze3! | inspections performed, for 2 days |
| 10 | 7(disz) gurusz 1(disz) gurusz ugula | 7 laborers, 1 laborer, foreman |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ugula da-da | foreman: Dada; |
| 2 | 6(disz) gurusz | 6 male laborers |
| 3 | ugula lugal-{d}isztaran | foreman: Lugal-Ištaran; |
| 4 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim | 2 male laborers, builders, |
| 5 | ugula ze2-na | foreman: Zēna |
| 6 | gurum2 ak u4 1(disz)!-kam | inspections performed, 1st day; |
| 7 | e2 i7 lugal-ka gub-ba | in the house of the royal canal stationed, |
| 8 | iti e2 iti-6(disz) | month: “House of Six Months,’ |
| 9 | mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3 | year following: "The wall was erected." |
| left | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 ur-ab:zu | under seal of Ur-abzu |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [ur]-ab-zu | Ur-abzu |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu nigar[{gar}-ki-du10] | son of Nigar-kidu |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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