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BPOA 07, 1659 (P290983)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 1659 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290983 |
| Museum no. | NBC 02035 |
| 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 | 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) gurusz | 185 male laborers, |
| 2 | 2(u) 2(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz) | 22 male laborers, 1/2 labor, |
| 3 | u4 1(disz)-sze3 | for 1 day |
| 4 | sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2{ki} | barley rations of the field Kamari |
| 5 | ugula ba-sa6 | foreman: Basa; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | kiszib3 gu3-de2-[a] | under seal of Gudea |
| 2 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
| 3 | mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul | year after: “Urbilum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | gu3-de2-a | Gudea |
| 2 | dumu ur-nigar{gar} szusz3 | son of Ur-nigar, cattle manager |
Sources & licences
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