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BPOA 06, 0205 (P312575)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 0205 |
|---|---|
| ID | P312575 |
| Museum no. | YBC 13759 |
| 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(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 30 male laborer workdays, |
| 2 | sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a | barley rations |
| 3 | 3(gesz2) 5(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 190 workdays, male laborers, |
| 4 | zar3 tab-ba szu ur3-ra | šār tabba-soapwort spread over the hand, |
| 5 | 2(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 120 workdays, male laborers, |
| 6 | ki-su7 gub-ba | stationed in the courtyard |
| 7 | 3(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 155 workdays, male laborers, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-da gub-ba | with the water stationed |
| 2 | a-sza3 me-en-kar2 | field Me-enkar, |
| 3 | ugula lu2-du10-ga | foreman: Lu-duga; |
| 4 | kiszib3 szesz-kal-la | under seal of Šeškalla |
| 5 | mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 | year: “The Amorite wall was erected. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | szesz-kal-la | Šeškalla |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu na-silim | son of Nasilim, |
Sources & licences
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