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BPOA 06, 0086 (P390722)
Administrative, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | BPOA 06, 0086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P390722 |
| Museum no. | YBC 13494 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | [...] gurusz esz2-gar3 {d}suen | ... young man, ešgar-priest of Suen |
| 2 | ki giri3-ni-i3-sa6 | from Girini-isa |
| 3 | 2(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz esz2-gar3 {d}nin-urta | 19 male laborers, ešgar of Ninurta, |
| 4 | 1(disz) en-nu a-sza3 ensi2 | 1 guard, field of the governor; |
| 5 | 5(disz) 1/3(disz) gurusz a-sza3 gesz-gi-dul4-la | 5 1/3 male laborers, field ŋešgidula, |
| 6 | ki ur-sukkal nu-banda3 | from Ur-sukkal, the overseer; |
| 7 | ugula ma-an-szum2 | foreman: Manšum |
| 8 | 9(disz) 2/3(disz) gurusz a-sza3 [...] | 9 2/3 male laborers, field |
| 9 | 1(disz) en-nu [a-sza3 ...] | 1 guard of the field |
| 10 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ugula uk-[...] | foreman: Uk- |
| 2 | 4(u) 2/3(disz) a-sza3 du10 {d}inanna | 42/3 (workdays), good field of Inanna; |
| 3 | 1(disz) en-nu a-sza3 [...] | 1 guard, field |
| 4 | ki nam-ha-ni nu-banda3 | from Namḫani, the overseer |
| 5 | ugula ur-me-me | foreman: Ur-meme; |
| 6 | 1(disz) lugal-me-du10-ga | 1 Lugal-meduga, |
| 7 | szunigin [...] 4(u) 1/3(disz) gurusz | total: 40 1/3 male laborers |
| 8 | erin2 sze gur10-gur10-me | the labor-troops carrying barley, |
| 9 | ugula lugal-he2-gal2 | foreman: Lugal-hegal; |
| 10 | mu en unu masz2-e ib2-pa3 | year: “The en-priestess of the cowherd was chosen by extispicy. |
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