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BPOA 01, 1243 (P339898)
Literary, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 1243 |
|---|---|
| ID | P339898 |
| Museum no. | BM 107583 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| 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 | 5(disz) a2 1/2(disz) | 5 1/2 laborers, |
| 2 | giri3 nin-he2-gal2 | via Nin-hegal |
| 3 | 4(disz) gurusz | 4 male laborers |
| 4 | 4(u) 2(disz) a2 1/2(disz) | 42 1/2 laborers, |
| 5 | szunigin 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze lugal | total: 2 barig 4 ban2 5 sila3 royal barley, |
| 6 | im ga-ga2 | I want to make clay |
| 7 | gurum2 ak | inspections performed |
| 8 | u4 4(u) 5(disz) | 45th day |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e | via Lugal-nig-lagare; |
| 2 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 3 | la2-ia3 sa6-sa6 | the deficit is good. |
| 4 | la2-ia3 dumu lu2-sa6 | deficit of the son of Lu-sa |
| 5 | ur-{d}EN-[...] | Ur-Bēl- |
| 6 | mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun | year: “Enmaḫgalana was installed. |
| 7 | 1(barig) 3(ban2) gurum2 | 1 barig 3 ban2, inspection, |
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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