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BPOA 01, 1604 (P340259)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	BPOA 01, 1604
ID	P340259
Museum no.	BM 111529
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	1(disz) u8 kur ba-usz2	1 ewe, mountain, slaughtered,
2	ki ur-ru-ta	from Urru
3	kiszib3 ensi2	under seal of the governor
reverse
1	iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la	month: “Barley at the granary,’
2	mu us2-sa en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun	year following: “Enmaḫgalana was installed.‭
seal 1 col 1
1	{d}amar-{d}suen	Amar-Suena
2	nita kal-ga	the strong man
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	ur-{d}li9-si4	Ur-Lisi,
2	ensi2	governor
3	umma{ki}	of Umma
4	ARAD2-zu	your servant.

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