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BPOA 01, 0451 (P339109)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0451 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339109 |
| Museum no. | BM 106728 |
| 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(esze3)? GAN2 tug2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|) GAN2-ta gesz-ur3-ra [a-ra2 n] 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta | 1 eše3? field area: textiles, ... field area each, harrowing, at 4 1/2 iku field area per day |
| 2 | a2 erin2-na-bi u4 3(u) 6(disz) | its troops’ labor: 36 days |
| 3 | 2(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2 szu ur3-ra | 2 bur3 2 iku field area, cultivated, |
| 4 | a-ra2 3(disz) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta | 3 times 4 1/2 iku surface area each, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a2 erin2-na-bi u4 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) | its troops’ labor: 98 days; |
| 2 | a-sza3 du6-gesz-i3-ka | field Dugeš-ika, |
| 3 | ugula ur-e2-nun | foreman: Ur-Enun; |
| 4 | kiszib3 szesz-a-ni | under seal of Šešani |
| 5 | mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3 | year: “Great-Stele was erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | szesz-a-ni | his brother |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu da-da | son of Dada |
Sources & licences
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