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BPOA 01, 0783 (P339439)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0783 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339439 |
| Museum no. | BM 107070 |
| 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 | 4(gesz2) 4(u) sar {u2}kiszi17 1(u) sar-ta | 4(geš₂) 40 sar, juniper at 10 mušara each |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 7(disz)#?-kam | its labor: 27 days |
| 3 | 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sar {u2}har-an bu3-ra 2(u) sar-ta | 170 sar, ḫaran-plant, cultivated, at 20 (volume-)sar (per day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-kam | its labor: 115 days; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 | labor of hirelings |
| 2 | a-sza3 gu4-suhub2 | field Suhub oxen, |
| 3 | ugula inim-{d}szara2 | foreman: Inim-Šara |
| 4 | kiszib3 na-ba-sa6 | under seal of Nabasa |
| 5 | mu en ga-esz{ki} ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Ga’eš was installed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | na-ba-sa6 | Nabasa |
| 2 | dumu he2-sa6 | son of Hesa |
| 3 | iszib {d}szara2 | išib priest of Šara |
Sources & licences
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