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BPOA 07, 2216 (P290720)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2216 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290720 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03407 |
| 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 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 | 17 workdays, male laborers |
| 2 | i7 sal4-la{ki}-ta | from the Salla canal |
| 3 | a-asz-gi5-pa3{ki}-sze3 | to Ašgipa |
| 4 | ma2 sze gid2-da ma2 su gur-ra u4 2(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la | barge with barley punted, barge returned, for 2 workdays barge unloaded; |
| 5 | sza3 bala-sze3 | into the bala |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] im ur4-ra | ... clay ... |
| 2 | mu en ga-esz{ki} ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Ga’eš was installed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | szesz-kal-la | Šeškalla |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re | son of Lugal-magure, |
Sources & licences
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