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BPOA 01, 0495 (P339153)
Legal, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0495 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339153 |
| Museum no. | BM 106773 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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) a-kal-la | 1 Akalla, |
| 2 | dumu a-na | son of An |
| 3 | ARAD2 nimgir-di-de3 i3-me-am3 | He is the servant of the herald. |
| 4 | ba-da-gur | he turned away. |
| 5 | i3-du10-ga dumu ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3 | Iduga, son of Ur-gigir, the overseer |
| 6 | ur-suh | lion |
| 7 | igi-sa6-sa6 | Igisasa |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}su4-an-na | Ur-Suanna, |
| 2 | nam-lu2-inim-ma-sze3 im-ta-e3-esz2 | they came forth as witnesses. |
| 3 | sza3-ba ur-nigar{gar} lugal-ni nam-erim2-ma ba-ni-dab5 | there Ur-nigar, his master, was seized by evil. |
| 4 | nam-erim2 u3-ku5 | the evil that he had done |
| 5 | ur-nigar{gar}-ke4 ba-an-tum2-mu | Ur-nigar brought. |
| 6 | dumu umma{ki} | son of Umma, |
| 7 | iti pa4-u2-e | month: “Pa’ue, |
| 8 | mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul | year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Urbilum destroyed. |
Sources & licences
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