Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3273
Museum No.
GCBC 00653
Primary Publication
GCCI 2 265
CDLI P-Identifier
P294552
Place of issue
No place
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 07-mm-dd
Date BCE
532

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
10 k
Text Form
Note (...)
Legal Purpose
Allocation (ina pāni)
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Domain (Eanna)
Animal husbandry
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

In total 876 sheep and goats (ṣēnu) itemized by age and sex category are at the disposal of (ina pāni) Nabû-nāṣir/Lā-qīpu.

Legacy Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to a single herdsman. Dated.

The tablet lists the animals that the temple made available to A.

list: 18 rams (puhālu) and 802 ewes (lahru), of which (ina libbi) 1 is taken from the temple’s general income (irbu); 12 male lambs (kalūmu) and 22 female lambs (parratu), of which 2 are taken from the temple’s general income; a total of 854 whites (peṣûtu). 3 he-goats (urīṣu), 11 she-goats (enzu), 5 young male goats (gadû), and 3 young female goats (urīṣu); a total of 12(sic) blacks (ṣalmūtu).

summary: A grand total of 876 sheep and goats (ṣēnu) are under the responsibility (ina pāni) of A.

 

A= Nabû-nāṣir/Lâqīp


Further Information

Type and Content
Administrative
last updated by
Melanie Groß, Aug. 5, 2025, 12:24 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (08/09/2023)