Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3267
Museum No.
NCBT 00368
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
No place
Type and Content
Inventories
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
ENB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Payne 2007 (unpubl. PhD diss.)

Content

Paraphrase

Note regarding the metals used by a goldsmith. Dated.

The tablet details the gold and bronze (= red gold) used for fashioning a censer (a) and gives an itemized account of the weight of each of its parts (b). The text is mathematically coherent only if emended. For the calculations see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 69.

 

 

(a) The source of the materials: 13 minas 5 shekels of red gold (hurāṣu sāmu) (obtained) from the censer (nignakku) of A (a known goldsmith) and 26½ shekels of bronze (obtained) from a second (šanû) cauldron (ruqqu) of top quality(?) (babbanu, wr. ba-ba?-nu-<u?>); a total of 13 minas 51½ shekels of red gold, including the bronze. (b) itemized account of the parts’ weight: From this (ina libbi), 7 minas 15½ shekels are the 3 long rods (tāriktu) of the body (lānu) (of the censer), 5 minas 26 shekels of gold, including the bronze, are the bowl (kallu) and the cover (kusibirītu), and 7 shekels are for the kittu-bowl. A total of 12⅔! minas 8 shekels of red gold, including the bronze, is the weight (hāṭu) of the censer and 1 mina is the unused balance (tēhirtu); a grand total of 13⅔! minas 8½ shekels of gold was received (mahāru, Stat.) from A. 3 shekels are the remainder (rēhu).

 

 

 

 

 

A= Šadûnu (/Ubil?-šumu, father of Kidinnu), a known goldsmith (kutimmu), see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 253f.

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Kan. 14-IV-9

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (08/09/2023)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
None