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BPOA 01, 0788 (P339444)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0788 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339444 |
| Museum no. | BM 107075 |
| 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(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 107 workdays, male laborers, |
| 2 | kab2-ku5 i7 {d}szul-pa-e3 | the reservoir of the Šulpa’e canal |
| 3 | u3 kab2-ku5 a-bur2-ta sahar szu ti-a | and the kabkû-vessel of the aburtu-house, soil received. |
| 4 | 5(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 56 workdays, male laborers |
| 5 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | e sa-dur2-ra | ... the sadur temple |
| 2 | a-sza3 {d}szul-pa-e3 | field Šulpa’e |
| 3 | ugula gu3-de2-a | foreman: Gudea |
| 4 | kiszib3 ur-mes | under seal of Ur-mes; |
| 5 | mu en ga-esz{ki} ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Ga’eš was installed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-mes | Ur-mes, |
| 2 | dumu na-ba-lu5 | son of Nabalu |
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