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BPOA 01, 0499 (P339157)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0499 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339157 |
| Museum no. | BM 106777 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 1/3(disz) ma-na 1(disz) gin2 <ku3> | 1/3 mana 1 shekel of refined silver |
| 2 | 3(barig)#?-ta | 3 barig each |
| 3 | 1(asz) ki a giri3#? us2 HA#? 2(u) | 1 ki, via ..., 20 |
| 4 | 4(u) ki a giri3#? us2 HA 3(u) | 40 ki a via HA 30 |
| 5 | 2(u) ha-lu5-lu5 | 20: Halulu; |
| 6 | 3(u) ur-{d}utu | 30, Ur-Utu; |
| 7 | 2(u) ur-ki-ama | 20, Ur-ki-ama; |
| 8 | 5(gesz2) ur-{d}utu min | 60 for Ur-Utu, ditto; |
| 9 | 6(gesz2) lu2-lu | 460 people, |
| 10 | 4(gesz2) ku6 nig2 siskur2-sze3 | 240 fish for siskur offerings, |
| 11 | 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) u3-ma-ni | 115, the length, |
| 12 | 4(gesz'u) ku6 gam-gam 2(u) ku6 ki-a? | 420 gamgam fish, 20 kia fish |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 4(disz)#? 1/3(disz) ma-na [...] | 4 1/3 mana |
| 2 | mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)-kam ba-hul | year after: “Simurrum for the 3rd time was destroyed. |
| 3 | 1(u) gin2 ku3 <lu2> hu-uh2!(DUL3)-<nu>-ri{ki}-ke4-<ne>-ta | 10 shekels of silver from Ḫuḫnuri |
| 4 | mu an-sza-an{ki} | year: “Anšan. |
| 5 | 4(disz) gin2 ur-{gesz}gigir szu-i | 4 shekels: Ur-gigir, barber; |
| 6 | 1(disz) gin2 ur-ki-ama | 1 shekel: Ur-kiama; |
| 7 | mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} | year following: “Anšan. |
| 8 | ki ur-e2-nun-ta | from Ur-Enun |
| left | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) ur-ki-ama-ka szu-du8-a szu-ku6-e-ne | 900 of Ur-ki-ama, the fishermen, |
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