Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3054
Museum No.
BM 75383
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
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Type and Content
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Archive
Later Ebabbar temple
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
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Editio princeps

Content

Paraphrase

HeadingThe document records that the Ebabbar temple gave (nadānu, wr. sum.na) barley as (ana) fodder (kissatu) from (ina) the royal storehouse (šutum šarri) on the 7th of Intercalary Addar (XIIb) in the accession year of Darius.

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ListThe barley disbursements in question are listed in the following manner and order:

8 kor (1440 liter) of barley, the fodder for female birds (iṣṣūrtu) was given (nadānu, wr. sum.na) to (ana) A1. This is in addition to (elat) the previous 58 kor of barley (issued).

5 kor, to (ina) prepare the fodder of Ayyār (II) was given (nadānu, wr. sum.na) to (ana) A2.

1 kor, to (ina) prepare the fodder for sheep was given (nadānu, wr. sum.na) to (ana) A3.

1 kor, to (ina) prepare the fodder for sheep was given (nadānu, wr. sum.na) to (ana) A4.

6 kor, to (ina) prepare the fodder for the ducks (paspasu) of the fattening stable (bīt urê) for the current month (Intercalary Addar) A5 has received (eṭēru, wr. šur).

3 kor, to (ina) prepare the fodder for geese (kurkû) for the current month (Intercalary Addar) was given (nadānu, wr. sum.na) to (ana) A6. This is in addition to (elat) the previous(ly issued fodder).

The document also records that the Ebabbar temple gave (nadānu, wr. sum.na) to (ana) B … (broken) amount in offering-measures (mašīhu ša sattukki) to (ina) prepare the regular offerings… (broken). Alternative interpretations are possible due to the ambigious meaning of ina (issued from/intended for).

 

A1= Ahlia or Ahu-ilia (Iáh-li-ia); A2= Bunene-ibni; A3= Arad-Bunene; A4= Šamaš-uballiṭ; A5 = Lâbâši A6= Id[…]; B= Bēl-iddin

Transliteration
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Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Dar. yy-XII-7

further information

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