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BPOA 01, 0870 (P339526)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0870 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339526 |
| Museum no. | BM 107164 |
| 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(gesz2) 5(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 giri3 ur-mes | 210 workdays, male laborers, via Ur-mes, |
| 2 | 4(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 48 male laborer workdays |
| 3 | e sa-dur2-ra a-sza3 ki-ag2 szu ur3-ra | The house of the sadur, the beloved field that is to be plundered, |
| 4 | 5(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 52 male laborer workdays, |
| 5 | a-ga-am a-sza3 GAN2-mah szu ur3-ra | This is the field of GAN-maḫ, irrigated. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 27 male laborer workdays, |
| 2 | ma2-la2-a {gesz}ma-nu | a boat of manu wood |
| 3 | a-sza3 GAN2-mah-ta | from the field GAN-mah; |
| 4 | a-pi4-sal4{ki}-sze3 gid2-da | to Apisal stretched out; |
| 5 | ugula lu2-{d}szara2 | foreman: Lu-Šara; |
| 6 | kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e | under seal of Lugal-nig-lagare; |
| 7 | iti dal | month: “Flight, |
| 8 | mu bi2-tum-ra-bi2-um{ki} ba-hul | year: “Bitum-rabium was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-si-NE-e | Lugal-si-NE-e |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-ezem | son of Lugal-ezem, |
Sources & licences
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