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BPOA 06, 0104 (P312546)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 0104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P312546 |
| Museum no. | YBC 13615 |
| 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)
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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 | 2(szar'u) 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 4(disz) sig4 gal | 194 large bricks, |
| 2 | 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) sig4 2/3(disz) | 9616 2/3 bricks, |
| 3 | 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(disz) sig4 1/2(disz) | 121 1/2 bricks, |
| 4 | gurusz-bi 3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | its laborers: 900 less 1 laborer workdays, |
| 5 | 3(gesz2) 4(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 240 workdays, male laborers |
| 6 | pisan {gesz}i3-szub-ba se3-ga | Basket of broken utensils set up |
| 7 | 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 gi du3-a | 10 workdays, male laborers, reed built, |
| 8 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 70 workdays, male laborers, |
| 9 | ma2 in-u-da ib2-gid2 | The boat of Inuda sailed. |
| 10 | 1(disz) gurusz szitim u4 1(gesz2) 3(disz)-sze3 | 1 male laborer, builder, for 63 days |
| 11 | 2(disz) gurusz szitim u4 3(u) 3(disz)-sze3 | 2 male laborers, millers, for 33 days |
| 12 | nig2 gu2-na tusz-a | that which sits on his neck |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) gurusz u4 3(u) 3(disz)-sze3 | 1 male laborer for 33 days |
| 2 | in-u-da tusz-a | who sits with Inuda |
| 3 | 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 1 male laborer for 1 day |
| 4 | sag-te-na{ki}-ta | from Sagtena |
| 5 | umma{ki}-sze3 | to Umma |
| 6 | giri3-a gen-na | on foot, going |
| 7 | 1(disz) gurusz u4 2(u)-sze3 | 1 male laborer for 20 days |
| 8 | ma2 a-ab-ba tusz-a | the boat sitting in the sea, |
| 9 | gurusz# 4(gesz'u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | male laborers, 121 laborer workdays |
| 10 | erin2 diri sig4 du8-a | extra labor-troops, brick-built, |
| 11 | kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2 | under seal of Ur-Šara; |
| 12 | mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-{d}da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi | year following: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected; the year after that, |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}szara2 | Ur-Šara |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu lugal-uszur4 | son of Lugal-ušur, |
| 4 | nu-banda3-gu4 {d}szara2 | oxen manager of Šara |
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