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BPOA 06, 1258 (P292458)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 1258 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292458 |
| Museum no. | NBC 00700 |
| 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 | 3(disz) udu u2 | 3 sheep, grass-fed, |
| 2 | 4(disz) sila4 bar-ba zi-ga | 4 suckling male lambs, |
| 3 | {d}szara2 | For Šara |
| 4 | 2(disz) udu u2 | 2 sheep, grass-fed, |
| 5 | 5(disz) sila4 bar-ba zi-ga | 5 suckling male lambs, |
| 6 | {d}gu-la | Gula |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | siskur2 lugal | royal offering |
| 2 | giri3 {d}nin-mar{ki} sagi | via Ninmar, cupbearer; |
| 3 | ki a-lu5-lu5-ta | from Alulu |
| 4 | kiszib3 ensi2-ka | under seal of the governor |
| 5 | iti szu-numun | month: “Sowing,’ |
| 6 | mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul | year after: “Simanum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 col 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 |
| seal 1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-a-kal-la | Ayakalla |
| 2 | ensi2 | governor |
| 3 | umma{ki} | of Umma |
| 4 | ARAD2-zu | your servant. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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