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BPOA 07, 1618 (P290939)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 1618 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290939 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01987 |
| 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 | 2(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za ma2 1(gesz2) gur | 2 boats of 60 gur capacity |
| 2 | kiszib3 ur-{d}lugal-[...]-ba | under seal of Ur-Lugalaba |
| 3 | 1(disz) kid szer7-ru-um [... sa] gi | 1 kid, Šerrum |
| 4 | kiszib3 lugal-[...] ugula kikken | under seal of Lugal-..., foreman of millers; |
| 5 | 1(u) 1(disz) kid szer7-[ru-um sa gi] | 11 bundles of šerrum reed bundles |
| 6 | kiszib3 a-[...] | under seal of A- |
| 7 | 2(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za [1(disz) kid szer7]-ru-um | 2 beams, 1 kid of šerrum wood |
| 8 | kiszib3 lugal-e-ba-[an-sa6] | under seal of Lugal-ebansa |
| 9 | 1(disz) kid szer7-ru-um | 1 kid, Šerrum, |
| 10 | 2(u) [sa] gi | 20 bundles of reed |
| 11 | kiszib3 lu2-he2-gal2 | under seal of Lu-hegal; |
| 12 | 1(u) {gesz}a-ra ma2 3(u) gur | 10 a-ra barge 30 gur |
| 13 | 3(u) la2 1(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za ma2 1(gesz2) gur | 30 less 1 miriša boats of 60 gur capacity |
| 14 | 7(gesz2) sa gi | 7 (sixties) bundles reed |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 [ur-{d}nu]-musz-da [...] | under seal of Ur-Numušda |
| 2 | 5(u) [sa gi kiszib3] ur-{d}suen [ugula] kikken | 50 bundles of reed, under seal of Ur-Suen, foreman of the mill; |
| 3 | 3(disz) kid szer7-ru-[um] | 3 kids, Šerrum |
| 4 | kiszib3 dingir-ra | under seal of Dingira |
| 5 | 2(u) sa gi kiszib3 lu2-bala-saga | 20 bundles of reed, under seal of Lu-bala-saga; |
| 6 | 1(u) {gesz}mi-ri2-za 1(gesz2) 7(disz) sa gi | 10 miriša trees, 67 bundles of reed |
| 7 | kiszib3 {d}szara2-za-me | under seal of Šara-zame |
| 8 | szunigin 1(u) {gesz}a-ra ma2 3(u) gur | total: 10 a-ra barge 30 gur |
| 9 | szunigin 4(u) 3(disz) {gesz}mi-ri2-za ma2 1(gesz2) gur | total: 43 miriša boats of 60 gur |
| 10 | szunigin 1(u) 7(disz) ki {d}szer7-ru-um | total: 17 with Šerrum |
| 11 | szunigin 1(gesz'u) 2(u) 7(disz) sa gi | total: 87 bundles of reed |
| 12 | kiszib3-bi ki hu-wa-wa-ta | under seal of Huwawa; |
| 13 | ur-{d}nun-gal-ke4 [i3-dab5] | Ur-Nungal accepted |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫuḫunuri was destroyed. |
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