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BPOA 01, 0437 (P339095)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0437 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339095 |
| Museum no. | BM 106714 |
| 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 | 5(u) 7(disz) udu bar-gal2 | 57 fattened sheep, |
| 2 | 2(disz) sila4 bar-gal2 | 2 suckling lambs, |
| 3 | giri3 szesz-kal-la sipa udu kur-ra | via Šeškalla, shepherd of the mountain sheep; |
| 4 | 4(disz) ab2-mah2 | 4 mature cows, |
| 5 | 2(disz) ab2 mu 3(disz) | 2 cows, 3 years (old) |
| 6 | giri3 ur-{gesz}gigir unu3 | via Ur-gigir, cowherd; |
| 7 | 1(disz) udu bar-gal2 | 1 sheep with fleece, |
| 8 | 3(disz) masz2 | 3 billy goats |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3 lugal-hi-li sipa | via Lugal-hili, the shepherd; |
| 2 | gu4 udu e2-du6-la ur-{d}li9-si4 ensi2-ka | oxen and sheep for the school of Ur-Lisi, the governor |
| 3 | 1(u) 2(disz) udu bar-gal2 | 12 fattened sheep, |
| 4 | udu bar-ku3-ga {d}szara2 | sheep for the purification ritual of Šara |
| 5 | ur-{d}ma-mi na-gada | Ur-Mami, the herdsman, |
| 6 | ki ur-{d}nun-gal-ta | from Ur-Nungal; |
| 7 | usz-mu i3-dab5 | he accepted. |
| 8 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal | year: “Šū-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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