NCBT 00667

0;3.4.3 dates from the food allocation (kurummatu) of m. IV of Innin-šumu-uṣur/(Ṭāb-Uruk), the weaver (išparu), were received (maḫāru) on the account (ana muḫḫi) of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn/Šulāya. 1;3.0 for the cleaning (zikûtu) of the clothing (lubuštu) Šumāya/Ibni-lštar [has withdrawn (našû)].

Notes:

l.2 (Innin-šumu-uṣur): The same weaver as in YOS 24, 282:13; 294:6'; 308:4'; YOS 17, 74; YOS 19, 74.

Administrative record of transfer. Dated.

Multiple transactions of different types: the temple pays rations from the debit of another individual, and an unclear transaction regarding the clothing ceremony.

A, the weaver (išparu), received (mahāru, Stat.) 0;3.4.3 kor of dates (≈ 207 l.) of (ina) his rations for Dûzu (IV), on account of (ana muhhi) B. Payne (2007, 95) reconstructs the following: (1) the temple owed rations to A (2) B owed to the temple, and therefore (3) B paid directly to A.

The text then mentions what seems to be an unrelated second amount of dates, though the end of the tablet is broken and the context is unclear; from (ina) the 0;3 kor for the prebendary payments (maššartu) of the clothing ceremony (lubuštu), C … (broken)

A= Innin-šumu-uṣur (/Ṭāb-Uruk), weaver (išparu), also known as a temple-serf, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 172f.; B= Šamaš-šumu-ukīn/Šulāya; C= Šumāya/Ibni-Ištar (//Ašlāku), see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 198f.