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BPOA 07, 2459 (P293802)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	BPOA 07, 2459
ID	P293802
Museum no.	NBC 04242
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(gesz2) 2(asz) 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur	... 62 gur 2 barig 6 sila3 barley
2	sze {kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-ra2 sza3 bala-a	barley bound in a leather bag in the bala
3	dumu gudu4 {d}szara2 umma{ki}	son of gudu priest of Šara of Umma,
4	1(asz) 4(barig) sze szuku-ra tak4-a lugal-me-a u3 szesz-kal-la	1 (gur) 4 barig of barley, šukurru-ration, credited to Lugalmea and Sheshkalla.
5	2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sza3-gal ur-ra	2 ban2 2 1/2 sila3 urru-flour,
6	kiszib3 8(disz)-am3 ensi2-ka	under seal of 8 governors,
7	6(asz) gur kiszib3 igi-{d}szara2-sze3	6 gur, under seal of Igi-Šara;
8	8(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) <gur> lu2-{d}nin-szubur	8 gur 3 barig 3 ban2 Lu-Ninšubur
9	7(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) <gur> a2-ni-ta	7 gur 2 barig 3 ban2 each,
10	4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur {d}szara2-kam	41 gur 2 barig 3 ban2, Šarakam;
11	2(asz) 2(barig) gur ur-dingir-ra	2 gur 2 barig, Ur-dingira
12	9(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur ur-{d}iszkur	9 gur 2 barig 3 ban2, Ur-Addu;
13	sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2	chief of the k-equids
14	2(asz) gur im-nu-me-te-ti	2 gur, Imnumeti
15	5(asz) gur igi-si4	5 gur, inspected;
16	1(asz) [...]-dingir	1 ...-dingir
17	[...] gur	... gur
18	[...]
reverse
1	2(asz) gur ziz2-numun lugal-e2-mah-e	2 gur emmer for Lugal-emaḫe
2	2(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) ziz2-numun ur-mes	2 (gur) 4 barig 1 ban2 emmer seeds for Ur-mes
3	4(barig) [...] lugal-nesag-e	4 barig ... Lugal-nesage
4	[...] ziz2 2(ban2) gig	... emmer, 2 ban2 wheat
5	[u4]-sakar gu-la	great festival
6	[kiszib3] szesz-kal-la	under seal of Šeškalla
7	[...] sze gur	... barley gur
8	[... ziz2] gur nig2-ezem-ma	... emmer gur for the festival
9	[kiszib3] ur-{d}ma-mi	under seal of Ur-Mami
10	1(barig) ziz2 ka-ku3	1 barig emmer,
11	1(asz) ziz2-numun <gur> ur-{d}szul-pa-e3	1 gur seeds, Ur-Šulpa’e
12	2(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) gur lu2-gi-na	22 gur 2 barig, Lugina
13	7(asz) 2(barig) sze gur	7 gur 2 barig barley,
14	5(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur 1(asz) gig gur	5 gur 2 barig emmer, 1 gur wheat,
15	3(asz) ($ blank space $) kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3	3 (gur), under seal of Ur-Šulpa’e
16	szunigin 5(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze gur	total: 255 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 4 1/2 sila3 barley
17	szunigin 1(u) 9(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) ziz2 <gur> 1(asz) 2(ban2) gig <gur>	total: 19 gur 4 barig 5 ban2 emmer, 1 gur 2 ban2 wheat,
18	kiszib3 lu2 nig2-dab5-ke4-ne	under seal of Nigdab;
19	ki lugal-nig2-lagar-e-ta	from Lugal-nig-lagare
20	ensi2-ke4 ba-an-dab5	the governor seized
21	mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun	year: “Enunugal of Inanna was installed.‭
left
1	sag-nig2-gur11-bi lugal-ku3-zu i3-gal2	Its capital is Lugal-kuzu.

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