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BPOA 02, 2300 (P340954)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 02, 2300 |
|---|---|
| ID | P340954 |
| Museum no. | BM 112049 |
| 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(asz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 1 male laborer for 1 day |
| 2 | 3(asz) 2(barig) ug3-IL2 3(ban2) u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 3 (gur) 2 barig porters, 3 ban2 per day |
| 3 | gurusz-e {u2}kiszi17 ku5-ra2 | The young man cut down juniper |
| 4 | 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta | 15 sar (= 10 sila3) each |
| 5 | a-sza3 nin10-nu-du3 | field Nin-nudu, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nu-banda3-gu4 a-ab-ba | oxen manager of the sea |
| 2 | ugula ARAD2 | foreman: ARAD; |
| 3 | kiszib3 inim-{d}szara2 | under seal of Inim-Šara; |
| 4 | mu sza-szu2-ru-um{ki} a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ba-hul | year: “Šašrum for the 2nd time was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | inim-{d}szara2 | Inim-Šara |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-nigar{gar} | son of Ur-nigar, |
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