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BPOA 07, 2241 (P290743)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2241 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290743 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03454 |
| 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) 5(disz) gurusz ugula ARAD2 | 15 male laborers, foreman: ARAD |
| 2 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 2(disz) a2 2/3(disz) 1/2(disz) a2 1/2(disz) | 13 male laborers, 2 1/2 1/2 labor-hours, |
| 3 | ugula lu2-igi-sa6-sa6 | foreman: Lu-igisasa |
| 4 | 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz ugula in-sa6-sa6 | 12 male laborers, foreman: Insasa |
| 5 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz ugula da-da | 15 male laborers, foreman: Dada |
| 6 | u4 2(disz)-sze3 HAR-HA-da-ta | for 2 workdays from HARHAda |
| 7 | ki-su7 usz-gid2-da-sze3 | to the ušgida place |
| 8 | ma2 gid2-da | barge punted |
| 9 | u4 2(disz)-sze3 sze ma2-a si-ga | for 2 workdays barley loaded into a barge |
| 10 | u4 1(u) 6(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 usz-gid2-da-ta | 16 workdays, from the ušgida site, |
| 11 | e2-te-na{ki}-sze3 ma2 sze gid2-da | to Etena barge with barley punted, |
| 12 | e2-te-na{ki}-ta | from the Etena temple |
| 13 | gir13-gesz{ki}-sze3 ma2 su3 gid2-da | to Girgeš barge punted, |
| 14 | u4 6(disz)-sze3 na-gab2-tum-ma{ki} sze kux(KWU147)-ra | for 6 workdays to Nagabtumma barley brought |
| 15 | a-ra2 1(disz)-kam | for the first time |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz ugula ARAD2 | 15 male laborers, foreman: ARAD |
| 2 | 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 2(disz) a2 2/3(disz) 1/2(disz) a2 1/2(disz) | 13 male laborers, 2 1/2 1/2 labor-hours, |
| 3 | ugula lu2-igi-sa6-sa6 | foreman: Lu-igisasa |
| 4 | 1(u) gurusz ugula in-sa6-sa6 | 10 male laborers, foreman: Insasa |
| 5 | 1(u) gurusz ugula lu2-{gesz}gigir | 10 male laborers, foreman: Lu-gigir |
| 6 | u4 2(disz)-sze3 gir13-gesz{ki}-ta | for 2 workdays from Girgeš |
| 7 | ki-su7 i7 lugal-ka | in the courtyard of the royal canal |
| 8 | ma2 su3 gid2-da | long boats |
| 9 | u4 2(disz)-sze3 sze ma2-a si-ga u4 1(u) 7(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 i7 lugal-ka-ta | for 2 workdays, barley loaded into a barge, for 17 days at the reservoir of the Lugalka canal, |
| 10 | e2-te-na{ki}-sze3 ma2 sze gid2-da | to Etena barge with barley punted, |
| 11 | e2-te-na{ki}-ta | from the Etena temple |
| 12 | gir13-gesz{ki}-sze3 ma2 su3 gid2-da | to Girgeš barge punted, |
| 13 | u4 2(disz)-sze3 guru7-a sze kux(KWU147)-ra | for 2 workdays in the silo barley brought, |
| 14 | a-ra2 2(disz)-kam | 2nd time |
| 15 | giri3 lu2-giri17-zal | via Lu-girizal |
| 16 | mu lu-lu-bu{ki} ba-hul | year: “Lullubu was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-giri17-zal | Lu-girizal |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu da-du-mu | son of Dadumu |
Sources & licences
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