Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3290
- Museum No.
- GCBC 00486
- Primary Publication
- GCCI 2 068
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P294385
- Place of issue
- No place
- Regional setting
- Uruk city
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Npl. 20-X-19
- Date BCE
- 28/12/606
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 10 k
- Text Form
- Note (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Other or sfs (various verbs)
- Transaction Type
- multiple transactions
- Domain (Eanna)
- Animal husbandry
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
From the 91 sheep for the sattukku-offering, which Balāssu, chief of the lifestock tax (rab ṣibti), via Nergal-šumu-ibni/Nadnāya (NŠI) sent, 86 sheep have been received (maḫāru). The remainder (rēḫu) of 15 sheep is at the disposal (ina pāni) of NŠI.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Balance of a single account for livestock on behalf of a (palace) official. Dated.
Debit: A, the rab ṣibti official, sent (šapāru) (to the temple) 91 sacrificial sheep and goats (ṣēnu sattukku/ginû) via (ina qātē) B. Credit: The Eanna temple received (mahāru, Stat) 86 of them (ina libbi). Outstanding balance: The 5 which are (still) with (ina pāni) B are his remaining balance (rīhu).
A= Balāssu, rab ṣibti; B= Nergal-šumu-ibni/Nadnāya.
On the rab ṣibti see Bongenaar 1997, 138; Dandamayev 2000.
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Administrative
- last updated by
- Melanie Groß, Aug. 20, 2025, 8:49 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (08/09/2023)