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BPOA 01, 0416 (P339075)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0416 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339075 |
| Museum no. | BM 106692 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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(disz) udu niga u4-sakar-gu-la | 1 sheep, barley-fed, for Usakargula |
| 2 | 1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4 bar-ba zi-ga {gesz}gigir u4 6(disz) | 1 sheep, grain-fed, 1 lamb, suckling, on the chariot 6 days |
| 3 | 2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu {gesz}gigir u4 7(disz) | 2 sheep, grain-fed, 1 sheep, charioteer, 7 days |
| 4 | [...] masz2 u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz) | ... gazelle droppings, 15th day |
| 5 | {d}szul-gi | Šulgi |
| 6 | [...] udu niga u4-sakar-gu-la | ... grain-fed sheep for the sakargula festival |
| 7 | [...] udu niga {gesz}gigir u4 6(disz) | ... grain-fed sheep on the chariot day 6 |
| 8 | [...] udu niga {gesz}gigir u4 7(disz) | ... grain-fed sheep on the chariot 7 days |
| 9 | [...] sila4 bar-ba zi-ga u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz) | ... raised lambs, the equinox, the 15th day |
| 10 | {d}amar-{d}suen | Amar-Suena |
| 11 | 1(disz) udu niga u4-sakar-gu-la | 1 sheep, barley-fed, for Usakargula |
| 12 | 1(disz) udu niga {gesz}gigir u4 6(disz) | 1 sheep, grain-fed, for 6 days |
| 13 | 1(disz) udu niga {gesz}gigir u4 7(disz) | 1 sheep, grain-fed, for 7 days |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) udu u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz) | 1 sheep of the morning meal, 15 days |
| 2 | {d}szu-{d}suen | Šū-Suen, |
| 3 | 1(disz) udu {gesz}gigir u4 7(disz) | 1 sheep of the chariot, 7 days |
| 4 | {d}szu-{d}suen 2(disz)-kam | Šu-Suen is the 2nd |
| 5 | szunigin# 1(u) udu niga szunigin 3(disz) udu u2 | total: 10 sheep, barley-fed, total: 3 sheep, grass-fed |
| 6 | [szunigin ...] 1(disz) sila4 bar-ba zi-ga szunigin 1(disz) masz2 | total: ...; 1 lamb, suckling, total: 1 billy goat |
| 7 | [sa2]-du11# {d}lamma lugal-ke4-ne | regular offerings of the king’s protective deities |
| 8 | ki# a-lu5-lu5-ta | from Alulu |
| 9 | iti min-esz3 | month: “Mini-eš,’ |
| 10 | mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal | year: “Ibbi-Suen is king.{d} |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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