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BPOA 01, 0489 (P339147)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0489 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339147 |
| Museum no. | BM 106767 |
| 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(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra | 1 bur3 of harrowing, |
| 2 | a-ra2 1(iku) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta | at 4 1/2 iku field area each, |
| 3 | a2 erin2-na-bi u4 1(u) 2(disz) | its troops’ labor: 12 days; |
| 4 | a-sza3 zalag-ga a-sza3 a-gesztin | field “Zalagga’, field grapes |
| 5 | 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 1(iku) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta | 4 1/2 iku field area, harrowing, at 1 (ikû) 4 1/2 [iku] field area each, |
| 6 | a2 erin2-na-bi u4 3(disz) | its troops’ labor: 3 days |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-sza3 du6-gesz-i3-ka | field Dugeš-ika, |
| 2 | ugula lugal-ku3-zu | foreman: Lugal-kuzu; |
| 3 | kiszib3 lu2-{d}szara2 | under seal of Lu-Šara; |
| 4 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 | year following: “Šu-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-{d}[szara2] | Lu-Šara |
| 2 | dub-[sar] | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-{gesz}[gigir] | son of Ur-gigir |
Sources & licences
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