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BPOA 02, 2261 (P340915)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 02, 2261 |
|---|---|
| ID | P340915 |
| Museum no. | BM 112007 |
| 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) gurusz 6(disz) sila3 kasz saga 4(disz) sila3 zi3-gu | 1 male laborer, 6 sila3 fine beer, 4 sila₃: emmer flour, |
| 2 | 3(disz) gurusz 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga [4(disz) sila3] zi3-gu-ta | 3 male laborers, 5 sila3 fine beer, 4 sila2 of gu-flour each |
| 3 | 1(u) gurusz 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 zi3-gu-ta | 10 male laborers, 3 sila3 fine beer, 3 qû of emmer each |
| 4 | 6(disz) gurusz 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga [...] sila3 zi3-gu-ta | 6 male laborers, 3 sila3 fine beer, ... sila2 gu₃ flour each |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(u) 3(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 zi3-gu-ta | 23 male laborers, 2 sila3 fine beer, (and) 2 sila3 gūtu flour each |
| 2 | 4(disz) gurusz 2(disz) sila3 zi3-gu-ta | 4 male laborers, 2 sila3 of flour each, |
| 3 | kas4 e2 nigin2-na-me | We are runners of the ziggurat. |
| 4 | lu2-gi-na ba-an-na-zi | he raised the mugina priestess. |
| 5 | dab5-ba szu? tag-ga ka-ga u3-gi-in | Captured, seized, in the mouth of Ugin, |
| 6 | lu2-gi-na szum2-mu-dam | gave to Lu-gina, |
| 7 | bala ensi2 umma{ki}-ka | bala, governor of Umma |
| left | ||
| 1 | iti ezem-mah | month: “Festival-of-Maḫ,’ |
| 2 | mu <en> {d}inanna ba-hun | year: “The en(-priestess) of Inanna was installed.> |
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