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BPOA 01, 0768 (P339424)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0768 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339424 |
| Museum no. | BM 107054 |
| 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 | 2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta | 2 sheep, grain-fed, at 1 1/2 sila3 each |
| 2 | 3(u) 4(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3-ta | 34 rams, 1 sila3 each |
| 3 | 3(u) sila4 <kin>-gi4-a 1/2(disz) sila3-ta | 30 lambs, <reed-hands>, 1/2 sila3 each |
| 4 | u4 2(u)-sze3 | for 20 days |
| 5 | 8(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila3-ta | 8 sheep, grain-fed, at 1 sila3 each |
| 6 | u4 1(u)-sze3 | for 10 days |
| 7 | sza3 umma{ki} | in Umma |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 6(disz) udu niga 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta | 66 sheep, grain-fed, at 1 1/2 sila3 each |
| 9 | u4 1(u)-sze3 | for 10 days |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza3 e2-te-na-ka | in the Etena |
| 2 | 5(u) 4(disz) udu niga 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta | 54 grain-fed sheep, 1 1/2 sila3 each |
| 3 | 2(u) 6(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila3-ta | 26 sheep, grain-fed, at 1 sila3 each |
| 4 | 4(u) sila4 <kin>-gi4-a 1/2(disz) sila3-ta | 40 lambs for the messenger, 1/2 sila3 each |
| 5 | u4 1(u) 6(disz)-sze3 | for 16 days |
| 6 | sza3 bala-a | in the bala |
| 7 | sze-bi 2(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 | its barley: 21 gur 1 barig 5 ban2 2 sila3; |
| 8 | sza3-gal udu niga bala-a | fodder of grain-fed sheep for the bala service |
| 9 | giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da | via Lugal-azida |
| 10 | iti min-esz3 | month: “Mini-eš,’ |
| 11 | mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul | year: “Simanum was destroyed. |
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