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BPOA 06, 0200 (P312573)

Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE

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Designation	BPOA 06, 0200
ID	P312573
Museum no.	YBC 13751
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(u) 8(disz) ma-na erin	18 minas of cedar
2	ku3-bi 3(disz) gin2 la2 igi-6(disz)-gal2	its silver: 3 shekels less 1/6;
3	1(disz) ma-na szu-ur2-me	1 mina of lapis lazuli,
4	ku3-bi igi-6(disz)-gal2	its silver: 1/6 shekel;
5	1(u) 1(disz) ma-na za-ba-lum	11 minas of lapis lazuli
6	ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 2(u) sze	its silver: 1 shekel 20 grains;
7	1(disz) ma-na gi	1 mina of reed,
8	ku3-bi 6(disz) sze	its silver: 6 grains;
9	1(disz) ma-na {gesz}kiszi17	1 mina of juniper,
10	ku3-bi 2(u) la2 2(disz) sze	its silver: 19 grains;
11	1(disz) ma-na SZIM hi	1 mina of aromatics,
12	ku3-bi 1(u) la2 1(disz) sze	its silver: 9 grains;
13	2(disz) ma-na SZIM IM	2 minas of aromatic resin,
14	ku3-bi 2(u) la2 2(disz) sze	its silver: 19 grains;
15	2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na SZIM li2-gi4-ib2	2 1/2 minas of aromatic li₂-gib-juniper,
16	ku3-bi 1/2(disz) gin2	its silver: 1/2 shekel;
17	3(disz) ma-na SZIM ar-ga-num2	3 minas of arganum-juniper,
18	ku3-bi igi-3(disz)-gal2 la2 6(disz) sze	its silver: 1/3 shekel less 6 grains;
19	1(disz) ma-na SZIM en-mur	1 mina of enmur-juniper,
20	ku3-bi 3(disz) sze	its silver: 3 grains;
reverse
1	[...]
2	[...]
3	5(disz) [...]	5 ...
4	ku3-bi [...] igi-4(disz)-gal2	its silver: 1/3 shekel
5	3(disz) [szim gam-gam]-ma	3 gamgam-aromatics
6	ku3-bi [...] 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sze	its silver: ... 7 1/2 grains
7	3(disz) [szim] gu4-ku-ru	3 resins of oxen
8	ku3-bi 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sze	its silver: 7 1/2 grains;
9	2(disz) a2-dara3	2 adara,
10	ku3-bi igi-6(disz)-gal2	its silver: 1/6 shekel;
11	1(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3-du10 nun-na	1 sila3 10 shekels: Idu, the prince;
12	ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2	its silver: 1 1/6 shekels
13	1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) naga gur	1 gur 1 barig 3 ban2 alkali-plant,
14	ku3-bi igi-3(disz)-gal2 3(u) la2 2(disz) sze	its silver: 1/3 shekel, 30 less 2 grains;
15	5(disz) sila3 pa-li	5 sila3: Pali;
16	ku3-bi igi-4(disz)-gal2	its silver: 1/4 shekel;
17	1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 li2-iq-tum	1 ban2 2 sila3 Liqtum,
18	ku3-bi 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2	its silver: 1 1/2 shekels;
19	{d}szara2 umma{ki}	Šara of Umma,
20	7(disz) ma-na erin	7 mana of cedar,
21	ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2	its silver: 1 shekel
22	{d}szara2 \|KI.AN\|{ki}	Šara of Ki’an
23	nig2-dab5 ezem nesag	nigdab(-offering) of the festival of nesag offerings
24	ki gu2-tar-ta	from Gutar
25	szesz-kal-la szu ba-ti	Šeškalla received.
left
1	mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3	year following: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected.‭
seal 1
1	ur-{d}li9-si4	Ur-Lisi,
2	ensi2 umma{ki}	governor of Umma
3	szesz-kal-la dub-sar	Šeškalla, the scribe.
4	dumu du10-ga ARAD2-zu	son of Duga, is your servant.

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