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BPOA 01, 0837 (P339493)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0837 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339493 |
| Museum no. | BM 107126 |
| 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)
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(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 1 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer, |
| 2 | 4(ban2) kasz du u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam | 4 ban2 regular beer on the 23rd day; |
| 3 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 1 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer, |
| 4 | 4(ban2) kasz du u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam | 4 ban2 regular beer, 24th day; |
| 5 | 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga | 1 ban2 2 sila3 fine beer, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(ban2) kasz du u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam | 3 ban2 regular beer, the 25th day; |
| 2 | 1(ban2) kasz saga | 1 ban2 fine beer |
| 3 | 4(ban2) kasz du | 4 ban2 regular beer, |
| 4 | igi-kar2 ba-saga | he inspected it. |
| 5 | kiszib3 ensi2 | under seal of the governor |
| 6 | iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar | month: “Bricks cast in moulds,’ |
| 7 | mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun | year: “The en-priestess of Nanna of Karzida was installed. |
| seal 1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}amar-{d}suen | Amar-Suena |
| 2 | lugal? kal-ga | the mighty king |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | king of the four quarters |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-kal-la | Akalla |
| 2 | ensi2 | governor |
| 3 | umma{ki} | of Umma |
| 4 | ARAD2-zu | your servant. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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