NaBuCCo ID | 3258 |
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Museum No. | PTS 2208 |
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Place of issue | |
Type and content | Balanced account |
Archive | |
Period | NB |
Year BCE | None | Editio princeps | Payne 2007 (unpubl. PhD diss.) |
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 |
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Babylonian Date (year-month-day): | Npl. 20-X-23 |