BPOA 01, 0586 (P339242)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0586 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339242 |
| Museum no. | BM 106864 |
| 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 |
English translation
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | Basket-of-tablets: |
| obverse 2 | house of consignments, |
| obverse 3 | property of Ur-Lisi, the governor of Umma |
| obverse 4 | and his wife and children, |
| obverse 5 | property of Šulgi, |
| reverse 1 | via Šatakuzu, the messenger, |
| reverse 2 | and property of outside, |
| reverse 3 | copies of sealed tablets of Babati, |
| reverse 4 | are here; |
| reverse 5 | month “Dumuzi,” |
| reverse 6 | year: “The en-(priest) of Eridu.” |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | pisan-dub-ba | |
| 2 | e2 szu-szum2-ma | |
| 3 | nig2-gur11 ur-{d}li9-si4 ensi2 umma | |
| 4 | u3 dam dumu-na | |
| 5 | nig2-gur11 {d}szul-gi-ra | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3 sza3-ta-ku3-zu sukkal | |
| 2 | u3 nig2-gur11 bar-ra | |
| 3 | gaba-ri kiszib3-ba ba-ba-ti | |
| 4 | i3-gal2 | |
| 5 | iti {d}dumu-zi | |
| 6 | mu en eridu{ki} | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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