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BPOA 07, 2196 (P290699)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2196 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290699 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03375 |
| 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) gurusz u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-sze3 | 10 male laborers for 9 days |
| 2 | e2-te-na{ki}-ta | from the Etena temple |
| 3 | kar lugal-sze3 | to the royal quay |
| 4 | ma2 su3 ib2-gid2 | he moored a long boat. |
| 5 | kar lugal-ta | from the royal quay |
| 6 | e2-te-na{ki}-sze3 | to Etena |
| 7 | ma2 gesz ib2-gid2 | barge punted, |
| 8 | u4 2(disz)-sze3 gesz ma2-a gar-ra | for 2 workdays, barges loaded, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 gesz ma2-ta gar-ra | and from the barge set up, |
| 2 | 3(u) la2 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 32 male laborer workdays, |
| 3 | e2-szitim gub-ba | stationed at the estate |
| 4 | sza3 e2-te-na{ki} gub#-ba# | in Etena stationed |
| 5 | iti min-esz3 | month: “Mini-eš,’ |
| 6 | mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal | year: “Amar-Suen is king. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | bi2-du11-ga | he had spoken |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu la-a-sa6 | son of La’asa |
Sources & licences
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