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BPOA 01, 0513 (P339171)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0513 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339171 |
| Museum no. | BM 106791 |
| 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(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3 | 16 male laborers for 15 days |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 4(gesz2)-kam | its labor: 240 days; |
| 3 | kab2-ku5 a-<pi4>-sal4 sahar szu-ti-<a> | <Bagku₅> of the apisal canal in the šuti |
| 4 | u3 a-sza3 i7 lugal-x-ka | and the field Lugal-x-ka |
| 5 | a du11-ga | poured water |
| 6 | u4 3(disz)-sze3 | for 3 days |
| 7 | kun-zi-da a-pi4-sal4{ki} [...] | The kunzida shrine of Apisal |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma2-la2-a ma2 bala# ak | barge punted, barge transferred |
| 2 | ugula ur-e2-nun-na | foreman: Ur-Enunna; |
| 3 | kiszib3 e2-gal-e-si | under seal of Egal-esi |
| 4 | mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8 | year: “The boat of Enki was caulked. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | e2-gal-e-si | Egalesi |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lu2-{d}szara2 | son of Lu-Šara, |
| 4 | sa12-du5-ka | of the chief surveyor |
Sources & licences
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