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BPOA 01, 0388 (P339048)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0388 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339048 |
| Museum no. | BM 106664 |
| 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(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 93 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | sze gur10-a | barley rations |
| 3 | 6(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 122 workdays, male laborers, |
| 4 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| 5 | 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz ki-su7-ra gub-ba | 41 male laborers stationed in the courtyard, |
| 6 | 1(disz) ur-nigar{gar} tu-ra | 1 Ur-nigar, tura |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta | from month "Harvest" |
| 2 | iti nesag-sze3 | to month “nesag offerings,’ |
| 3 | 6(disz) gurusz al 6(disz) sar-ta | 6 male laborers, hoed at 6 sar (per day), |
| 4 | a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2 | field Kamari, |
| 5 | 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ka i7 {d}szara2 sahar si-ga | 17 workdays, male laborers, at the mouth of the Šara-river piled up dust, |
| 6 | ugula lugal-iti-da | foreman: Lugal-itida; |
| 7 | kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir | under seal of Ur-gigir; |
| 8 | mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8 | year: “The boat of Enki was caulked. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{gesz}gigir | Ur-gigir |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu [...] | son of |
Sources & licences
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