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BPOA 06, 0307 (P312643)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 0307 |
|---|---|
| ID | P312643 |
| Museum no. | YBC 13949 |
| 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) 7(disz) gurusz u4 4(disz)-sze3 | 17 male laborer workdays, |
| 2 | sza3 tum-malx(TUR3){ki}-ta | from Tummal |
| 3 | gu2 zimbir{ki}-sze3 dug sila3 ga6-ga2 uri5{ki}-sze3 | to the bank of Sippar, to the sila-vessel carried, to Ur |
| 4 | ma2-a ga2-ra | to the barge brought, |
| 5 | u4 1(u) 3(disz)-sze3 | for 13 days |
| 6 | ma2 gid2-da u3 ma2 su3 gur-ra | barge punted and barge returned, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u4 2(disz)-sze3 dug sila3 ba-al-la | for 2 workdays, jugs of filtered sila3 |
| 2 | a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz)-kam | its labor: 133 days; |
| 3 | ugula lil-la | foreman: Lila; |
| 4 | kiszib3 a-du-mu | under seal of Adumu |
| 5 | mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal | year: “Šū-Suen is king.{d} |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}suen | Ur-Suen |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-{gesz}gigir | son of Ur-gigir, |
| 4 | sza3-tam | the heart |
Sources & licences
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