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BPOA 02, 1882 (P340535)

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

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Designation	BPOA 02, 1882
ID	P340535
Museum no.	BM 109127
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Sumerian
Period	Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Coordinates	31.5591, 46.1776

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	6(szar2) 2(gesz2) u8	420 ewes,
2	4(szar2) 5(u) 2(u) 8(disz) udu-nita2	4 šar2 528 rams,
3	1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) kir11	98 female lambs,
4	1(szar2) 7(gesz2) sila4-nita2	720 male lambs,
5	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) masz2 sag	115 buck goats, first fruits,
6	gub-ba-am3	stationed,
7	3(u) 5(asz) gu2 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3	35 talents 1 1/3 mana wool, fine textiles,
8	1(asz) gu2 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 us2 szar3	1 talent 3 1/3 mana wool, weaved in wool,
9	6(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) gu2 3(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki tug2 3(disz)-kam us2	383 talents 35 mana wool, 3rd quality,
10	1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) gu2 3(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2	102 talents 38 mana wool, 4th quality garment,
11	1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) gu2 4(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki tug2 guz-za du	87 talents 45 mana wool, guz-za garments, regular quality,
12	1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) gu2 7(disz) ma-na siki du	91 talents 7 mana regular wool,
13	siki ba-la2	wool rations
14	1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 5(disz) u8	105 ewes,
15	1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) udu-nita2	626 rams,
reverse
1	2(gesz2) 2(disz) sila4	122 lambs,
2	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
3	1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) u8	111 ewes,
4	1(szar2) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2	142 rams,
5	4(gesz'u) 5(disz) sila4	45 lambs,
6	ri-ri-ga
7	6(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) u8	292 ewes,
8	6(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) udu-nita2	168 rams,
9	3(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) sila4	133 lambs,
10	la2-ia3-am3	deficit.
11	szunigin 1(szar'u) 3(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) udu hi-a	total: 7616 hia sheep
12	siki-bi 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) gu2 1(u) 9(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na	its wool: 1740 talents 19 2/3 minas;
13	szunigin 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) masz2 sag	total: 115 goats, first fruits;
14	gub-ba-am3	stationed,
15	szunigin 3(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) udu hi-a	total: 383 sheep, ...
16	zi-ga-am3	booked out,
17	szunigin 3(szar2) 5(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) udu hi-a	total: 368 sheep, ...
18	ri-ri-ga-am3	it is a wild bull
19	szunigin 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) udu-nita2	total: 168 rams,
20	la2-ia3-am3	deficit.
21	nigin-ba udu gukkal gub-ba u3 siki-bi	in all, sheep, fat-tailed sheep, stationed, and their wool
22	sza3 gir2-su{ki}	in Girsu
23	ugula lu2-du10-ga szusz3	foreman: Lu-duga, cattle manager;
24	mu en {d}nanna masz-e ib2-pa3	year: “The en-priestess of Nanna by means of extispicy was chosen.‭

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