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BPOA 07, 1889 (P291377)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 1889 |
|---|---|
| ID | P291377 |
| Museum no. | NBC 02940 |
| 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 | 2/3(disz) sar 5(disz) gin2 sahar | 2/3 sar 5 shekels earth, |
| 2 | gurusz-e 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2-ta | the lad 7 1/2 shekels each, |
| 3 | a2-bi u4 6(disz) | its labor: 6 days; |
| 4 | kun i7 en-du8-du ba-al-la | at the source of the Endudu canal being dug, |
| 5 | 9(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 9 male laborer workdays, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | kab2-ku5 kun nagar ka i7 gibil u3 dub-la2-{d}utu gub-ba | stationed at the reservoir of the carpenter's tail at the mouth of the new canal and Dubla-Utu. |
| 2 | ugula lu2-kal-la | foreman: Lukalla; |
| 3 | kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a | under seal of Gugua |
| 4 | mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 | year: “The Amorite wall was erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | gu-u2-gu-a | Gugua, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ma-an-szum2 | son of Manšum |
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