NCBT 00632

Total: 5 talents 24 minas of wool: 15 minas 7 shekels of blue wool (takiltu), 37 minas 8 1/2 shekels of ṭumânu-linen thread, 21 minas 16 shekels of inzaḫurētu-dye, 1 (talent) 36 minas 45 shekels of vat-dyed purple wool (uqnâtu ša pî ruqqi), 2 minas 30 shekels of alum (gabû) from (tp)Egypt, 50 minas 30 shekels of madder (ḫūratu), 8 minas 46 1/2 shekels of red wool (tabarru) (dyed with) inzaḫurētu-dye, 20 minas of alum from (tp)Kašappu, 37 shekels of red-purple wool (tukrišû), 3 minas of ÌR-Ú-MA-wool; (all of) which was given (nadānu) to Innin-šumu-uṣur (IŠU) up through m. XI, day 5, year 12, for work (dullu).

From this (ina libbi), 25 minas 26 2/3 shekels of woven cloth (miḫṣu) of vat-dyed purple wool, 9 (?) minas 2 1/2 shekels of ṭumânu-linen thread, 12 minas 48 1/3  shekels ditto …, 36 minas 9 2/3 shekels ditto of red wool (dyed with) …, 3 minas 12 19/24 ditto of red wool (dyed with) inzaḫurētu-dye, 1 mina 53 1/8 shekels ditto of blue wool, 28 shekels ditto of red-purple wool and 47 1/2 shekels ditto of ḫašḫūrû-dyed wool, have been received (maḫāru) from IŠU up through m. II, day 14, year 13.

Notes:

l.5.16: For the phrase ša pî ruqqi cf. YOS 24, 134.

Administrative record of transfer. Dated (no RN).

Multiple transactions of the same type: a list of materials issued to a weaver and the finished goods he delivered back to the temple.

The tablet records the raw materials issued to A, a known weaver, followed by an account of all the finished goods he delivered 3.5 months later.

A total of 5 talents 24 minas of wool was given (nadānu, Stat.) to A up till (adī) the 5th of Šabāṭ (XI), year 12 for (his) work (ana dullu):

outgoing list: 15 minas 7 shekels of purple wool, 37 minas 8½ shekels of ṭumānu-linen, 21 minas, 16 shekels of inzahurētu-dye, 1 talent 36⅔ minas 5 shekels of ‘fresh’ (ša pî ruqqi) purple wool, 2½ minas of alum (gabû) from Egypt, 50½ minas of hūratu-dye, 8⅔ minas, 6½ shekels of red wool dyed with inzahurētu, 20 minas of alum from Kašappu, ½ minas 7 shekels of red-purple wool, 3 minas of … wool.

From this (ina libbi), up through the 14th of Ayyār (II), year 13, the Eanna temple received (mahāru, Stat.) from A:

incoming list: 25 minas 26⅔ shekels of mihṣu-cloth of ‘fresh’ (ša ruqqi) purple wool, 9(?) minas 2½ shekels of ṭumānu-linen, 12 minas 48⅓ (+?) shekels ditto (ki.min) […], 36 minas 9⅔ shekels ditto of red [wool dyed with …], 3 minas 12 19/24 ditto of red wool dyed with inzahurētu, 1 mina 53⅛ shekels ditto of purple wool, 28 shekels ditto of red-purple wool, ⅔ minas 7½ shekels ditto of “apple-colored” wool,

A= Innin-šumu-uṣur (/Ṭāb-Uruk), a known weaver (išpar birmi) and a temple-serf, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 172f.