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BPOA 07, 2455 (P293798)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 07, 2455 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293798 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04237 |
| 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(u) 4(disz) udu hi-a 4(disz) sila4 du nam-sza3-tam | 24 hi-a sheep, 4 lambs, regular offering, |
| 2 | 2(u) ud5 masz2 2(disz) masz2 du | 20 nanny goats, 2 full-grown kids, |
| 3 | 3(disz) gukkal | 3 fat-tailed sheep, |
| 4 | libir-am3 | of the old |
| 5 | 2(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a | 2 nanny goats, suckling, |
| 6 | mu-kux(DU) gibil | delivery of the new |
| 7 | szunigin 3(u) 6(disz) udu hi-a | total: 36 hi-a sheep |
| 8 | szunigin 2(u) 4(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a | total: 24 nanny goats, billy goats |
| 9 | szunigin 3(disz) gukkal | total: 3 fat-tailed sheep, |
| 10 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 11 | 1(u) 7(disz) u8 | 17 ewes, |
| 12 | 2(disz) kir11 | 2 female lambs, |
| 13 | 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu-nita2 | 9 rams, |
| 14 | 1(u) sila4-nita2 | 10 male lambs |
| 15 | 1(disz) udu [...] | 1 sheep |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 7(disz) ud5 | 7 nanny goats |
| 2 | 2(disz) masz2 hi-a | 2 billy goats, |
| 3 | 5(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 | 5 female kids, |
| 4 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 5 | lu2-zabala3{ki} i3-dab5 | Lu-Zabala accepted; |
| 6 | 1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2 {d}inanna zabala3{ki}-sze3 gen-na | 1 sheep, 1 billy goat: Inanna went to Zabalam. |
| 7 | 1(disz) udu an e2-mah-sze3 gen-na | 1 sheep, going to the Emah, |
| 8 | 1(disz) masz2 siskur2 du11-ga | 1 goat, siskur-offering, |
| 9 | giri3 du-u2-du11 | via Du-udu |
| 10 | 1(disz) udu 2(disz) udu gukkal | 1 sheep, 2 fat-tailed sheep, |
| 11 | 4(disz) ud5 | 4 nanny goats |
| 12 | ri-ri-ga | |
| 13 | kiszib3 da-da-ga | under seal of Dadaga |
| 14 | szunigin 4(u) 1(disz) udu hi-a | total: 41 hi-a sheep, |
| 15 | szunigin 2(u) 1(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a | total: 21 nanny goats, billy goats |
| 16 | szunigin 3(disz) gukkal | total: 3 fat-tailed sheep, |
| 17 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 18 | diri 5(disz) udu hi-a | a surplus of 5 sheep, |
| 19 | la2-ia3 3(disz) masz2 | deficit: 3 billy goats, |
| 20 | nig2-ka9-ak lu2-zabala3{ki} | accounts of Lu-Zabala, |
| 21 | sipa udu ge6 eb-gal | shepherd of the black sheep in the Ebgal |
| 22 | iti dumu-zi | month: “Dumuzi,’ |
| 23 | mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3 | year following: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected. |
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