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BPOA 06, 0257 (P312617)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 0257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P312617 |
| Museum no. | YBC 13856 |
| 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 | 6(asz) 4(barig) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 6 gur 4 barig 1/2 workdays, male laborers |
| 2 | sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a | barley rations |
| 3 | 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 | 18 1/2 male laborer workdays |
| 4 | ki-<su7> {d}ur3-bar-tab-ta | from the place Urbartab |
| 5 | kun-zi-da ki-gam-ma-sze3 | to the kunzida shrine of the kigama shrine |
| 6 | gi ga6-ga2 | reed carried, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [u4 ...]-sze3 | for ... days |
| 2 | [kun-zi]-da i7 {d}amar-{d}suen-ke4-[gar-ra]-ka gub-ba | stationed at the reservoir of the Amar-Suena-kegar canal |
| 3 | [ugula ...]-mu | foreman: ...-mu |
| 4 | kiszib3 szesz-a-ni | under seal of Šešani |
| 5 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a mu-du3 | year: “Šu-Suen, the king, erected a stele. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | szesz-a-ni | his brother |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu da-da | son of Dada |
Sources & licences
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