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BPOA 01, 0450 (P339108)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0450 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339108 |
| Museum no. | BM 106727 |
| 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 | 6(asz) sze gur# [lugal] | 6 royal gur of barley |
| 2 | a2 6(disz) sila3-ta | at 6 sila3 (per day) |
| 3 | a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) | its labor: 240 days; |
| 4 | ki ARAD2-ta | from ARAD |
| 5 | sza3-bi-ta | therefrom: |
| 6 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sar sig4 | 96 1/2 sar bricks, |
| 7 | a2-bi u4 4(gesz2) 4(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) | its labor: 149 1/2 days; |
| 8 | a2 6(disz) sila3-ta | at 6 sila3 (per day) |
| 9 | sze-bi 5(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur | its barley: 5 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 7 sila3 |
| 10 | SIG7#? igi e2-masz-da3-a | ... before Emašda |
| 11 | kiszib3 da-da-a | under seal of Dada |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szunigin 5(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gur | total: 5 gur 3 barig 5 ban2 7 sila3 |
| 2 | zi-ga-am3 | booked out, |
| 3 | la2-ia3 1(barig) 3(disz) sila3 sze | deficit: 1 barig 3 sila3 barley |
| 4 | nig2-ka9-ak sze a2 lu2 hun-ga2 sig4 du8-a | accounts of barley, labor of hirelings, bricks poured out, |
| 5 | {d}szara2-za-me ugula kikken-na | Šara-zame, foreman of the mill, |
| 6 | mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul | year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Urbilum destroyed. |
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