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BPOA 01, 0918 (P339574)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 0918 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339574 |
| Museum no. | BM 107216 |
| 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 | 5(u) 6(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 56 male laborers, oxen-drivers for 1 day |
| 2 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| 3 | a zi-ga gu2 i7-da gub-ba | rising water, standing on the bank of the river |
| 4 | 3(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 37 workdays, male laborers |
| 5 | kab2-ku5 a-bu3-ka | the reservoir of Abu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | gu2-ba na-gab2-tum ga2-ra | on its neck a naŋgabtum-vessel ready, |
| 2 | ugula lugal-ku3-ga-ni | foreman: Lugal-kugani; |
| 3 | kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2 | under seal of Lugal-hegal; |
| 4 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 | year following: “Šu-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lugal-he2-gal2 | Lugal-hegal |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | [dumu ...] | son of ... |
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