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BPOA 06, 1403 (P291898)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 1403 |
|---|---|
| ID | P291898 |
| Museum no. | NBC 00983 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | 2(gesz2) 6(disz) u8 bar-gal2 | 126 ewes, billy goats, |
| 2 | 4(u) la2 2(disz) udu-nita2 bar-gal2 | 42 rams, suckling, |
| 3 | 4(u) 1(disz) sila4 bar-gal2 | 41 suckling lambs, |
| 4 | 1(u) 2(disz) ud5 6(disz) masz2 | 12 goats, 6 billy goats |
| 5 | sze-ta sa10 | bought barley |
| 6 | sze-bi 1(gesz2) 5(asz) gur | its barley: 65 gur |
| 7 | ki ARAD2-ta | from ARAD |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | giri3 kas4 u3 lugal-nesag-e | via Kasu and Lugal-nesage, |
| 2 | kas4 i3-dab5 | the runners took in charge; |
| 3 | mu en {d}nanna masz-e i3-pa3 | year: “The en-priestess of Nanna by means of extispicy was chosen. |
Sources & licences
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