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BPOA 06, 0138 (P312552)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 0138 |
|---|---|
| ID | P312552 |
| Museum no. | YBC 13658 |
| 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 | 3(gesz2) 2(u) sar al ak 4(disz) sar-ta | 220 sar, hoed at 4 sara (per day), |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 5(u)-kam | its labor: 50 days; |
| 3 | 7(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sar al ak 6(disz) sar-ta | 768 sar, hoed at 6 sara (per day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1/2(disz)-kam | its labor: 900 less 1/2 days; |
| 5 | 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) sar al ak 5(disz) sar-ta | 105 sar of hoeing at 5 sara (per day) |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) [3(u) 5(disz)-kam] | its labor: 195 days |
| 7 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 9(disz) sar [la-ag ab]-sin2 | 69 sar, the width of furrow |
| 8 | a2-bi u4 [n-kam] | its labor: n days |
| 9 | 9(gesz2) sar [...] ku5-ra2 [...] | 9 (sixties) sar ... cut |
| 10 | a2-bi u4 3(u) [n-kam] | its labor: n days |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 | labor of hirelings |
| 2 | a-sza3-ge kin ak | work on the field |
| 3 | a-sza3 tur-[...] | the small field |
| 4 | szuku ensi2-ka | the šuku of the governor |
| 5 | ugula ur-am3-ma | foreman: Ur-ama; |
| 6 | kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir [dumu] a2-si-lu | under seal of Ur-gigir, son of Asilu |
| 7 | mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 | year following: “Šu-Suen, the king, the Amorite wall erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{gesz}gigir | Ur-gigir |
| 2 | dumu a-si-lu | son of Asilu |
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