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BPOA 01, 0453 (P339111)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0453 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339111 |
| Museum no. | BM 106730 |
| 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 | 5(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) [sar-ta] | 490 sar, reeds piled up at 20 sara (per day) |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(barig) 1/2(disz)-[kam] | its labor: 195 1/2 days |
| 3 | 2(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar al 5(disz) [sar-ta] | 132 1/2 sar, hoed at 5 saar (per day) |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 3(u) 1/2(disz)-kam | its labor: 30 1/2 days; |
| 5 | 3(gesz2) 3(u) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 190 sar, cut juniper at 15 (volume-)sar (a day), |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 1(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz)!-kam | its labor: 14 1/2 days; |
| 7 | a-sza3 amar-{gesz}kiszi17 | field Amar-kiši |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar {u2}kiszi17 [ku5-a] 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 145 sar of juniper cut at 15 (volume-)sar per (day) |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam | its labor: 17 days; |
| 3 | 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sar gi ku5-a 2(u) sar-ta | 10 (sixties) sar, cut reeds at 20 sara (per day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 3(u) 5(disz)!-kam | its labor: 35 days; |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) 6(disz) sar al 3(disz) [sar-ta] | 66 sar, hoed at 3 sarta (per day) |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 2(disz)-[kam] | its labor: 22 days |
| 7 | a-sza3 e2-mah | field Emah, |
| 8 | nu-banda3-gu4 lugal-{d}[isztaran] | oxen manager: Lugal-Ištaran |
| 9 | kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-[e] | under seal of Lugal-niglagare |
| 10 | mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-[...] | for 2 years ... |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-[si-NE-e] | Lugal-si-NE-e |
| 2 | dub-[sar] | scribe |
| 3 | [dumu lugal-ezem] | son of Lugal-ezem |
Sources & licences
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