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BPOA 01, 1384 (P340039)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 1384 |
|---|---|
| ID | P340039 |
| Museum no. | BM 107734 |
| 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 | 3(u) geme2 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-sze3 | 30 female laborer days, |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) 3(u)-am3 | its labor: 390 days; |
| 3 | szu ur3-ra u3 sze hu-ra | Hand of the Roots and Barley of Return |
| 4 | a-sza3 gu2-edin-na | field Gu-edina, |
| 5 | ki lu2-{d}szara2-ta | from Lu-Šara |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ab-ba i3-dab5 | he took in the sea. |
| 2 | iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la | month: “Barley at the granary,’ |
| 3 | mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} a-ra2 3(disz)-kam ba-hul | year after: “Simurrum for the 3rd time was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-{d}szara2 | Lu-Šara |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu inim-{d}szara2 | son of Inim-Šara, |
| 4 | sa12-du5-ka | of the chief surveyor |
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