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BPOA 01, 0514 (P339172)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0514 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339172 |
| Museum no. | BM 106792 |
| 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 | 8(disz) gurusz u4 5(disz)-sze3 | 8 male laborers for 5 days |
| 2 | ma2-la2-a kesz2-<ra2> u2 sa la2-a | barge bound with ropes, laden with food, |
| 3 | u3 {d}nin#-ildu3-ta ma2 gid2-da | and Nin-ildu from the barge punted |
| 4 | 8(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 | 8 male laborers for 2 days |
| 5 | {d}nin-ildu3-ma-ka | of Ninilduma |
| 6 | {gesz}ma-nu sa la2-a u3 ma2-la2-a kesz2-ra2 | a manu-boat bound with knots and a barge bound, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 8(disz)-sze3 | 8 male laborers for 18 days |
| 2 | nibru{ki}-sze3 ma2 gid2-a | to Nippur barge punted, |
| 3 | ma2 ba-al-la u3 umma{ki}-ka [...] | The boat was carried away, and Umma |
| 4 | ugula a-gub-ba-na | foreman: Agubana |
| 5 | kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam szesz-kal#-[la] | under seal of Šeškalla |
| 6 | iti {d}li9-si4 | month: “Lisi,’ |
| 7 | mu ur-bi2-[lum]{ki} ba#-hul# | year: “Urbilum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | szesz-kal-[la] | Šeškalla |
| 2 | dub-[sar] | scribe |
| 3 | dumu na-silim | son of Nasilim, |
Sources & licences
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