Tablet GCBC 00138

NaBuCCo ID 3350
Museum No. GCBC 00138
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Type and content Record of transfer
Archive
Period NB
Year BCE None
Editio princeps GCCI 1 246
Paraphrase

Administrative record of transfer. Dated.

Single transaction: receipt of sheep and goats for the regular offerings.

This tablet, written on the 4th of Dûzu (IV), records that the Eanna temple received (mahāru, Stat.) from A a grand total (pap.pap) of 20 sheep and goats (ṣēnu) to be set aside (and re-allocated) (ana parāsu, wr. kud-as) from the sheep and goats that remain under his responsibility (ina pāni):

7 sacrificial sheep and goats (ṣēnu sattukku), 8 for setting aside of [x], a total of 15 sheep and goats for (ina) the regular offerings (ginû) and guqqû-offerings of day 4, and 5 for (ina) the regular offerings of day 5.

 

A= Šumu-uṣur, a known offering shepherd (rēˀu sattukku/ginê), see YOS 17, 73.

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day): Nbk. 23-IV-4