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BPOA 01, 0818 (P339474)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0818 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339474 |
| Museum no. | BM 107107 |
| 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 | 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 6 male laborer workdays, |
| 2 | 5(u) 8(disz) ug3-IL2 4(ban2) u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 48 porters, 4 ban2 per day, |
| 3 | 5(u) 6(disz) ug3-IL2 3(ban2) u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 56 porters, 3 ban2 per day, |
| 4 | a-e3-a a-sza3 igi-e2-mah-<sze3> gub-ba | at the watering place of the field before the Emaḫ stationed, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 5 male laborer workdays, |
| 2 | 4(u) 3(disz) ug3-IL2 4(ban2) u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 43 porters, 4 ban2 per day, |
| 3 | 4(u) 6(disz) ug3-IL2 3(ban2) u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 46 porters, 3 ban2 per day, |
| 4 | e sa-dur2-ra a-sza3 <ki>-ag2 szu ur3-ra | The house, the sadurra, the field, a <good> field that is to be cultivated |
| 5 | ugula za3-mu | foreman: Zamu; |
| 6 | kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e | under seal of Lugal-nig-lagare; |
| 7 | mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul | year: “Ḫuḫnuri was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-nig2-lagar-e | Lugal-nig-lagare |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu [...] | son of |
Sources & licences
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