Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3103
- Museum No.
- BM 75221
- CDLI P-Identifier
- Place of issue
- None
- Type and Content
- None
- Archive
- Later Ebabbar temple
- Dossier
- None
- Period
- Each
- Year BCE
- None
- Editio princeps
Content
- Paraphrase
The document accounts for flour (qēmu) to be used at (ana) the Greeting-of-The-Temple ceremonies (šalām bīti) on the 18th of Arahsamna (VIII) in the 10th year of Darius.
LINE
The following lines, each time divided by a ruling line, list the amount of flour per supplier (A1, A2, A3, A4). They are either mentioned with their name and/or profession. The suppliers include a launderer (pūṣaya) (l.1: A1), a shepherd (rēˀû) (l.2: A2), a weaver of multi-coloured cloth (išpar birmi) (l.3), an employee (ša) of the temple's storehouse (bīt makkūri) (l.7: A3), a leatherworker (aškāpu) (l.8: A4), the carpenters (naggāru) (l.9), (the employees of) the sheep shed (bīt immerī) (l.10) and the gatekeepers (atû) (l.11). The following 30+ lines are broken. The document states at the end that it concerns a total amount of 6;3.1.3 kor (1197 liter). Note that none of the listed suppliers are affiliated with the prison (Bongenaar 1997, 120).
A1= Libluṭ; A2= Šamaš-rē’išunu; A3= Nabû-rē’išunu; A4= Kīnūnāya- Transliteration
- None
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Dar. yy-VII-18
further information
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- None