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BPOA 01, 1789 (P340444)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 01, 1789 |
|---|---|
| ID | P340444 |
| Museum no. | BM 111765 |
| 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 | 4(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) sar [...] 4(disz) sar-ta | 416 sar |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 1(asz) 4(barig)-kam | its labor: 1 workday 4 barig; |
| 3 | a-sza3 GAN2-ansze | field GANanše; |
| 4 | 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) sar {gesz}ma-nu ku5-a 3(u) sar-ta | 170 sar, manu-tree cut at 30 (volume-)sar (per day) |
| 5 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam | its labor: 25 days; |
| 6 | 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 3(u) sar-ta | 220 sar, reeds plucked, at 30 (volume-)sar (a day) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a2-bi u4 4(u) 4(disz)-kam | its labor: 44 days; |
| 2 | 5(gesz2) sar gi ku5-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 450 sar, reeds cut at 15 sara (per day), |
| 3 | a2-bi u4 2(u)-kam | its labor: 20 days; |
| 4 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) sar al ak 3(disz) sar-ta | 90 sar of hoeing at 3 sara (per day) |
| 5 | a2-bi u4 3(u)-kam | its labor: 30 days; |
| 6 | gu2-edin-na | Gu-edina |
| 7 | szunigin 3(gesz2) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | total: 123 workdays, male laborers, |
| 8 | ugula lu2-{d}utu | foreman: Lu-Utu |
| 9 | kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra nam-sza3-tam#? | under seal of Lu-dingira, in perpetuity |
| 10 | mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul | year: “Kimaš was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | lu2-dingir-ra | Lu-dingira |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu a2-an-du-ru | son of A’anduru, |
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