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BPOA 01, 0488 (P339146)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0488 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339146 |
| Museum no. | BM 106766 |
| 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(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 1 wort-beer, 3 sila3 fine beer, |
| 2 | 1(ban2) ninda 5(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 of bread, 5 shekels of oil, 2 shekel(s) of alkali-plant, |
| 3 | 3(disz) sa szum2 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 gaba-asz | 3 bundles onions, Ur-Šulpa’e, to the frontier; |
| 4 | 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz | 1 wort-beer, 3 sila3 beer, |
| 5 | 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant], |
| 6 | 3(disz) sa szum2 ra-bi2-s,u2 gaba-asz | 3 bundles onions, large, for the chest; |
| 7 | 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz | 1 wort-beer, 3 sila3 beer, |
| 8 | 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant], |
| 9 | 3(disz) sa szum2 e-ze2-ze2 gaba-[...] | 3 bundles onions for the sheep |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz | 1 wort-beer, 3 sila3 beer, |
| 2 | 1(barig) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 barig bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant], |
| 3 | 3(disz) sa szum2 szu-ma-ma gaba-asz | 3 bundles onions, šumāma, for the chest, |
| 4 | 1(disz) kasz dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz-<<saga>> | 1 wort-beer, 3 sila3 fine beer |
| 5 | 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga | 1 ban2 bread, 2 shekels oil, 2 [shekels alkali-plant], |
| 6 | 3(disz) sa szum2 szar-ru-um-i3-li2 | 3 bundles onions: Šarrum-ilī; |
| 7 | szunigin 3(disz) kasz dida <saga> szunigin 2(disz)#? [kasz dida du] | total: 3 good quality dida beer; total: 2? dida regular beer; |
| 8 | szunigin 3(disz) gin2 kasz saga szunigin 1(ban2) [2(disz)] sila3 kasz | total: 3 shekels fine beer; total: 1 ban2 2 sila3 beer |
| 9 | szunigin 5(ban2) ninda szunigin 1(u) gin2 i3 | total: 5 ban2 bread; total: 10 shekels oil; |
| 10 | [szunigin] 1(u) gin2 [naga] 1(u) 5(disz) sa szum2 | total: 10 shekels alkali-plant, 15 bundles onions |
| 11 | zi-ga u4 4(disz)#?-kam iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la | booked out, 4th day?, month: “Barley at the granary,' |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna in Uruk was installed. |
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