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BPOA 06, 1431 (P291928)
Administrative, Ur III, Puzriš-Dagan · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 1431 |
|---|---|
| ID | P291928 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01016 |
| 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 | Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) |
| Coordinates | 32.0591, 45.2922 |
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(disz) gu4 szu-gid2 | 2 oxen, short-lived, |
| 2 | mu ur-mah-sze3 | to the name of the lion |
| 3 | u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam | 27th day, |
| 4 | 2(u) udu szu-gid2 | 20 long-fleeced sheep |
| 5 | mu kas4-ke4-ne-sze3 | because of the runners |
| 6 | 1(disz) udu szu-gid2 | 1 sheep, šugid, |
| 7 | mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3 | for the soldiers; |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) gu4 szu-gid2 | 1 ox, šugid |
| 2 | mu ur-mah-sze3 | to the name of the lion |
| 3 | u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam | 28th day; |
| 4 | ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta | from Ur-kugnuna |
| 5 | ba-zi | Bazi, |
| 6 | iti ezem-{d}szul-gi | month: “Festival-of-Šulgi,’ |
| 7 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul | year: “Šū-Suen, king of Ur, the land of Zabšali destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}szu-{d}suen | Šū-Suen, |
| 2 | lugal kal-ga | mighty king |
| 3 | lugal uri5{ki}-ma | king of Ur |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba | king of the four quarters |
| 5 | ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 | Ur-Šulpa'e, |
| 6 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 7 | dumu ur-{d}ha-ia3 | son of Ur-Ḫaya, |
| 8 | ARAD2-zu | your servant. |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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