Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3258
- Museum No.
- PTS 2208
- Primary Publication
- Place of issue
- No place
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Npl. 20-X-23
Content
- Paraphrase
Balanced account for two groups of goldsmiths. Dated.
The tablet records a summary of accounts for two groups of goldsmiths based on an audit made in Ṭebēt (X) 20 Npl. The first account covers 21 years (0a–20 Npl); the other covers 11 years (19 Kan–7 Npl).
First account: 4 talents 32 minas 1 shekel (of gold):
Outgoing: 4 talents 32 minas 1 shekel of gold were given (nadānu, wr. sum-na) to A1 during 10.IV.0a–09.II.03 Npl, including (adi) the 3½ minas 5 shekels of gold of A2. -LINE-
Incoming: 4 talents 28 minas 6 shekels of gold (received) during 06.XI.0a–07.II.03? (Npl), including the 9 minas 56 shekels of A2…
Balance: 3 minas 55 shekels of gold were his earlier deficit (mīṭu) from 0a until 2 Npl.
1 mina 58 shekels are the deficit from 3 Npl until 04.X.20 Npl.
Total: 5 minas 53 shekels of gold was at the disposal (ina pāni) of A1 from 0a until 04.X.20 Npl.
Second account, outgoing: 8½ minas 2 shekels of gold were given (nadānu, wr. sum-na-ti) to B during 19.IX.02–10.V.03. 2 talents 1 mina 25 shekels of gold were at the disposal of C1 and C2 (known as B’s sons) from Addar (XII) 19 Kan until Ulūl (VI) 6 Npl. (Total): 2 talents 9 minas 57¼ shekels was at the disposal of C1 and C2 during 19 Kan–6 Npl -LINE-
Incoming: 1 talent 58 minas 8 shekels of gold (received) during 19 Kan–7 Npl. -LINE-
Balance: The remainder (rēhu), 12½ minas (sic!) of gold, is (still) at their disposal.
A1= Šadûnu/Ubil?-šumu, a known goldsmith, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 253f.; A2= Mušēzib; B= Bēl-ahu-iddin, a known goldsmith, father of C1 and C2, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 234f.; C1= Rēmūt/Bēl-ahu-iddin (= B), a temple enterer (see Eames O38) and a goldsmith, brother of C2, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 252f.; C2= Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Bēl-ahu-iddin (= B), a known goldsmith, brother of C1, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 242
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Balanced accounts
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (08/09/2023)
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Payne 2007 (unpubl. PhD diss.)