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BPOA 01, 0593 (P339249)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0593 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339249 |
| Museum no. | BM 106871 |
| 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(esze3) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 3(disz)-kam | 1 eše3 field area, 3rd time, |
| 2 | lu2-{d}szara2 engar | Lu-Šara, the plowman; |
| 3 | 1(barig) [...] a-ra2# [...] 1(disz)#-kam | 1 barig ... times ... is the 1st |
| 4 | lugal-nir-gal2 engar | Lugal-nirgal, the plowman; |
| 5 | a-sza3 {gesz}ma-nu [...] | the field Manu |
| 6 | 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 1(disz) [... n-kam] | 1 eše3 field area, harrowing, 1 ... |
| 7 | ur-e2-an-na engar# | Ur-Eanna, the plowman |
| 8 | 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz gi zex(SIG7)-[a ...] sar-ta | 11 male laborers, reed bundles cut ... from the sar |
| 9 | ugula lu2-{d}nanna | foreman: Lu-Nanna; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-sza3 muru13 | field muru; |
| 2 | 3(ban2) sze-numun | 3 ban2 seed barley, |
| 3 | ur-{d}suen engar | Ur-Suen, the plowman; |
| 4 | 1(u) 2(disz) geme2 a2 1/3(disz)-ta {u2}|ZI&ZI|-sze3#? 4(u) sar-ta | 12 female laborers, 1/3 (mina) each, at 40 sar (per day) |
| 5 | a-sza3 us2-sa igi-zi-[...] | the field next to ... |
| 6 | ugula ur-mes | foreman: Ur-mes; |
| 7 | gurum2 ak | inspections performed |
| 8 | u4 3(disz)-kam | 3rd day, |
| 9 | iti szu-numun | month: “Sowing,’ |
| 10 | mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫuḫunuri was destroyed. |
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