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BPOA 06, 1286 (P292489)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 1286 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292489 |
| Museum no. | NBC 00733 |
| 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(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 2(u)-sze3 | 19 male laborers for 20 days |
| 2 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| 3 | a-sza3 gibil gaba u2-du-{d}nin-<a>-ra-li | a new field adjacent to Udu-Nin-arāli |
| 4 | 2(u) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 | 20 male laborer workdays, |
| 5 | a-da gub-ba a-sza3 gu4-suhub2 | the field of the oxen-driver stationed, |
| 6 | 2(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 | 19 male laborer workdays, |
| 7 | a-da gub-ba a-sza3 ur-{d}nin-ti | the field Ur-Ninti stationed, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-sza3 e2 {d}asznan | the field of the house of Ezina, |
| 2 | 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 8(disz)-sze3 | 21 male laborer workdays, |
| 3 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| 4 | gaba a-sza3 iszib-e-ne | adjacent to the field of the Išib-priests, |
| 5 | 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 | 16 male laborer workdays, |
| 6 | kun-zi-da i7 ensi2-ka gub-ba | stationed at the reservoir of the governor's canal, |
| 7 | ugula lu2-dingir-ra | foreman: Lu-dingira; |
| 8 | kiszib3 ur-mes | under seal of Ur-mes; |
| 9 | mu en-mah-gal-an-na en <{d}nanna> ba-hun | year: “Enmaḫgalana, the en-priestess of Nanna, was installed.> |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-mes | Ur-mes, |
| 2 | dumu na-ba-lu5 | son of Nabalu |
Sources & licences
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