Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3332
Museum No.
GCBC 00423
Primary Publication
GCCI 1 249
CDLI P-Identifier
P294322
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. 34-IX-3
Date BCE
15/12/571

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
9 q
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Withdrawal (našû)
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Domain (Eanna)
Storehouse management and allocation of staples
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

A list of withdrawals of cress and salt.

x;2.3 of cress and 3;2.3 of salt were withdrawn (našû) by Innin-zēru-ušabši/Nanaya-uṣalli, Gimillu/Marduka and Innin-zēru-ibni/Rēmūt, the chiefs of ten (rab ešerti), as their allowances (kurummatu) for 3 months (m.X-XII) and 15 days of m.XIIb.

 0;0.0.3+ of salt and 0;1.4.3 of cress (for) 7 workers (ṣābu) of the chief of oblates (rab širki), the craftsmen (ummannu) and the guard (maṣṣaru) of the treasury (makkūru).

0;0.5 (commodity not specified) (to) Upāqu, the summoner (dēkû) and his 5 workers.

1;0 (commodity not specified, presumably cress) for cattle fodder (ballu) (to) Rēmūtu the cattle fattener (mušākil alpi).

0;0.1 (commodity not specified) (to) the chief of oblates Eanna-šumu-ibni. 

Legacy Paraphrase

Administrative record of transfer. Dated.

Issue of cress and salt to several officials for various expenses, a.o. for the payment of salaries.

A2*, A2*, and A3* drew (našû) [x];2.3 kor of cress and 3;2.3 kor of salt for the salaries (kurummatu) of Ṭebēt (X), Šabāṭ (XI), Addar (XII), and 15 days from intercalary Addar (XIIb): Outgoing: [x;x.x].3 kor salt and 0;1.4.3 kor of cress for the (salaries of the) 7 workers (ṣābu) of the rab-[…] official, the craftsmen (ummânu), and the guards (maṣṣartu) of the cattle shed (bīt alpi); the rest of the entries mention only the amounts but not what is given: 0;0.5 kor (of ?) for B1, the summoner (dēkû) and his 5 workers; 1 kor (of ?) for the fodder (ballu) of the cattle and for B2, the cattle feeder (mušākil alpi); and 0;0.1 kor (of ?) for B3, the overseer of temple-serfs (rab širki).

 

* A2, A2, and A3 are probably decurions but the text is broken.

 

A1= Innin-zēru-šubši/Nanāya-karābi; A2= Gimillu/Marduka; A3= Innin-zēru-ibni/Rēmūt; B1= Upāqu, summoner (dēkû); B2= Rēmūt, cattle fidder (mušākil alpi); B3= Eanna-šumu-ibni, overseer of temple-serfs (rab širki)


Further Information

Type and Content
Record of transfer
last updated by
Dylan Schimek, Oct. 2, 2026, 11:03 a.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (07/09/2023)
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
GCCI 1