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BPOA 07, 2120 (P290625)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290625 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03272 |
| 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 | 4(gesz2) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 141 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| 3 | 4(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 184 workdays, male laborers, |
| 4 | zar3 tab-ba szu ur3-ra | šār tabba-soapwort spread over the hand, |
| 5 | a-sza3 GAN2-mah | field GAN-maḫ |
| 6 | giri3 lugal-ku3-ga-ni | via Lugal-kugani; |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 105 1/2 workdays, male laborers, |
| 8 | a-da a-sza3 nun-[na gub]-ba# | the area of the princely field stationed |
| 9 | 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 104 workdays, male laborers, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| 2 | a-sza3 {d}szara2-he2-gal2 | field Šara-hegal, |
| 3 | 2(gesz2) 2(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 120 workdays, male laborers, |
| 4 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| 5 | gaba a-sza3 iszib-e-ne | adjacent to the field of the Išib-priests, |
| 6 | 6(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 58 workdays, male laborers, |
| 7 | sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|) a-sza3 musz-bi-an-na | barley rations of the field Mušbiana |
| 8 | ugula lu2-dingir-ra | foreman: Lu-dingira; |
| 9 | kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e | under seal of Lugal-nig-lagare; |
| 10 | mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um{ki} ba-hul | year: “Šašrum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-si-NE-e | Lugal-si-NE-e |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-sa6-ga | son of Lugal-saga, |
Sources & licences
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