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BPOA 01, 0599 (P339255)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0599 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339255 |
| Museum no. | BM 106877 |
| 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 | 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 7 1/2 sila3 fine beer |
| 2 | 3(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz du | 3 ban2 1 1/2 sila3 regular beer, |
| 3 | u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam | 27th day, |
| 4 | 8(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 8 sila3 fine beer |
| 5 | 3(ban2) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz du | 3 ban2 5 1/2 sila3 regular beer, |
| 6 | u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam | 28th day; |
| 7 | 1(ban2) kasz saga | 1 ban2 fine beer |
| 8 | 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz du | 2 ban2 6 sila3 regular beer, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam | the 29th day, |
| 2 | 7(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 7 sila3 fine beer |
| 3 | 3(ban2) kasz du | 3 ban2 regular beer, |
| 4 | u4 3(u)-kam | 30th day. |
| 5 | ki a-al-li2-ta | from Alli |
| 6 | kiszib3 ensi2-ka | under seal of the governor |
| 7 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 8 | mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul | year: “Simanum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | [{d}szu-{d}suen] | Šu-Suen |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | king of the four quarters |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-[a-kal-la] | Ayakalla |
| 2 | ensi2# | governor |
| 3 | umma#[{ki}] | of Umma |
| 4 | ARAD2-[zu] | your servant |
Sources & licences
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- 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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