Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3163
Museum No.
VAT 09199
Primary Publication
AnOr 8 66
CDLI P-Identifier
P550541
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Uruk city
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 01-III-1
Date BCE
04/06/529

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
9 k
Text Form
Receipt (maḫāru, eṭēru)
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Second-order accounting
True
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

At the order (našpartu) of Mušēzib-Bēl/Barik-il (MB), “third man|” (tašlīšu), Mukīn-[…] (or: Du[…])/Sîn-ibni receives 30;0 barley from Nabû-mukīn-apli, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna. The barley is taken from the house of MB in Uruk. It is a part of the rent (sūtu) of Ile’’i-Marduk/Nabû-zēru-ukīn//Ēṭiru, rent farmer (ša muḫḫi sūti) of the Lady of Uruk.

Each has taken a copy of the document.

3 witnesses.

Scribe: Gimillu/Nabû-šumu-iddin//Ḫunzû.

Legacy Paraphrase

Receipt for barley.

eceives (mahāru, Stat.) 30 kor of barley from B1, the temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna, and B2, the royal supervisor (rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna.

The barley, which was paid according to the message/order (ina šipirti) of C, the tašlišu-official from his house in Uruk, is part of the fixed rent (sūtu) of D, the rent farmer (ša muhhi sūti) of the Lady-of-Uruk (which C received).

Each took a copy.

Names of 3 witnesses and a scribe.

 A= Mukīn-[x]/Sîn-ibni; B1= Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādin/Dābibī, temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna; B2= Nabû-ahu-iddin, royal supervisor (rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna; C= Mušēzib-Bēl/Barik-il, tašlišu-official; D= Ileˀi-Marduk/Nabû-šumu-ukīn//Eṭēru, the rent farmer (ša muhhi sūti) of the Lady-of-Uruk.


Further Information

Type and Content
Receipts
last updated by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, June 25, 2025, 1:45 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (10/09/2023)