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BPOA 01, 0664 (P339320)
Legal, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0664 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339320 |
| Museum no. | BM 106944 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| 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 | 1(disz) sze-le-bu-um | 1 Šelebum, |
| 2 | 2(disz) gin2 la2 igi 4(disz)-gal2 ku3-sze3 | 2 shekels less 1 1/4 grains silver, |
| 3 | u2-a-la-sze3 | to Uala |
| 4 | ur-e2-gal-ke4 | Ur-egal |
| 5 | in-szi-sa10 | he bought. |
| 6 | lu2 szutum2-bi ba-usz2 | that man was killed. |
| 7 | 1(disz) szesz-kal-la | 1 Šeškalla |
| 8 | 1(disz) inim-{d}utu | 1 Inim-Utu, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) ur-{d}li9-si4 | 1 Ur-Lisi, |
| 2 | nam-lu2-inim-ma-sze3 im-ta-e3-esz2 | they came forth as witnesses. |
| 3 | sza3-ba inim-{d}utu-ke4 | in which Inim-Utu |
| 4 | nam-erim2-bi u3-ku5 | he cut off its evil. |
| 5 | ur-e2-gal-ke4 ba-an-tum2-mu | Ur-egal brought it. |
| 6 | igi lugal-ku3-zu-sze3 | before Lugal-kuzu |
| 7 | igi ur-nigar{gar}-sze3 | before Ur-nigar |
| 8 | di til-la dumu i7-dulx(|URxMIN|)-la{ki} | verdict of the end, son of Idulla |
| left | ||
| 1 | mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul | year: “Amar-Suen, the king, Urbilum destroyed. |
Sources & licences
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