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BPOA 01, 0384 (P339044)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0384 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339044 |
| Museum no. | BM 106660 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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(u) 8(disz) gurusz sza3 sahar-ra | 18 male laborers in the dust, |
| 2 | u4 1(disz)-kam | 1st day, |
| 3 | 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz sza3 sahar-ra | 18 male laborers in the dust, |
| 4 | u4 2(disz)-kam | 2nd day, |
| 5 | u4 3(disz)-kam | 3rd day, |
| 6 | ka i7 gibil-ka | from the mouth of the New Canal |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | gub-ba-am3 | stationed, |
| 2 | 1(u) 8(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 sza3 sahar-ra | 18 male laborers, oxen-drivers, in the dust; |
| 3 | kun i7-da gub-ba sza3# sahar-ra | stationed at the tail of the river, in the midst of the dust |
| 4 | [...] sza3#? gu2 tul2-ta | ... from the throne chamber(?) |
| 5 | ga6#?-ga2 | transported(?) |
| 6 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 7 | [mu] an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul | year: “Anšan was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | dub-[sar] | scribe |
| 3 | dumu [...] | son of |
Sources & licences
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