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BPOA 07, 2208 (P290712)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2208 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290712 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03389 |
| 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(gesz2) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta | 60 sar of hoeing at 3 sara (per day) |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(u)-kam | its labor: 20 days; |
| 3 | 1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 4(u) sar-ta | 900 sar, reeds plucked, at 40 (volume-)sar (a day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-kam | its labor: 195 days; |
| 5 | 2(szar2) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(gesz2) sar-ta | 2 car sar, reeds plucked, at 60 (volume-)sar (a day) |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2)-kam | its labor: 120 days; |
| 7 | 3(gesz'u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 3(gesz2) sar-ta | 180 sar, reeds plucked, at 300 sara (per day) |
| 8 | a2-bi u4 1(u)-kam | its labor: 10 days; |
| 9 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3-ta | labor of hirelings: 6 sila3 each |
| 10 | a-sza3 {d}nin-ur4-ra | the field Ninura, |
| 11 | ugula da-a-ga | foreman: Da'aga; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [kiszib3] lu2-{d}[szara2] | under seal of Lu-Šara |
| 2 | [mu si-mu]-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-[bu-um{ki}] a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul | year: “Simurum and Lullubum for the 9th time were destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-{d}szara2 | Lu-Šara |
| 2 | dumu al-la sukkal | son of Alla, the messenger. |
Sources & licences
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