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BPOA 06, 0139 (P312553)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 0139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P312553 |
| Museum no. | YBC 13659 |
| 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 | 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 6(disz) sar al 6(disz) sar-ta | 66 sar, hoed at 6 saar (per day), |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) | its labor: 121 days; |
| 3 | 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta | 170 sar, hoed at 5 saar (per day), |
| 4 | a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) | its labor: 142 days; |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta | 96 sar, hoed at 4 sarta (per day), |
| 6 | a2-bi u4 2(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) | its labor: 21 1/2 days; |
| 7 | 1(gesz'u) 3(u) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta | 1030 sar, hoed at 3 sara (per day), |
| 8 | a2-bi u4 3(gesz2) 3(u) | its labor: 210 days |
| 9 | a-sza3 {d}szara2 u3 a-sza3 muru13 | field Šara and field Uru |
| 10 | 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) sar nig2-gul 1(u) sar-ta | 420 sar, grain-heap at 10 (volume-)sar (a day), |
| 11 | a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) | its labor: 166 days; |
| 12 | 6(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sar nig2-gul 8(disz) sar-ta | 312 sar, grain-heap at 8 (volume-)sar (a day), |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a2-bi u4 4(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) | its labor: 46 1/2 days; |
| 2 | a-sza3 sipa-da | field of the shepherd |
| 3 | a2 lu2 hun-ga2 a2 6(disz) sila3-ta | labor of hirelings: 6 sila3 each; |
| 4 | 3(gesz2) 6(disz) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta | 126 sar, hoed at 3 sarta (per day), |
| 5 | a2-bi u4 1(asz) 2(barig) | its labor: 1 workday 2 barig; |
| 6 | a2 sza3-gu4 a-sza3 muru13 u3 a-sza3 {d}szara2 | labor of oxen-drivers, field muru and field Šara; |
| 7 | a-sza3-ge kin ak | work on the field |
| 8 | ugula lugal-ku3-zu | foreman: Lugal-kuzu; |
| 9 | kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a | under seal of Gugua |
| 10 | giri3 mes-e2 | via Mese; |
| 11 | mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 | year following: “The Amorite wall was erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | gu-u2-gu-a | Gugua, |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ma-an-szum2 | son of Manšum |
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