Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3358
Museum No.
NBC 06129
Primary Publication
YOS 17 075
CDLI P-Identifier
P298281
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. 03-X-27
Date BCE
27/01/601

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
10 n
Text Form
Receipt (maḫāru, eṭēru)
Legal Purpose
Administrative receipt ((ina qātē) maḫir; eṭir; also 'no verb')
Transaction Type
transactional (incoming)
Domain (Eanna)
Animal husbandry
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Sacrificial sheep for offering were bought from shepherds on Nbk.3.X.27.:

10 from Marduk-zēru-ibni/Kīnāya

14 from Bēl-nāṣir/Kīnāya, his brother

10 from Ahu-Aya/Mannu-kī-ili

24 from Nergal-ibni/Lâbâši

15 from Nabû-nāṣir/Zabidā

[10] from Rēmūtu/Nanāya-iddin

Total: 83 sacrificial sheep were received from Marduk-erība/Šulāya, brother of Nanāya-iddin/Šulāya, in front of (ina pāni) Kudurru, the offering shepherd (rē’i ginê).

Legacy Paraphrase

Administrative record of transfer. Dated.

Multiple transactions of different types: re-allocation of livestock that was taken in by the temple from six shepherds.

The tablet lists the sacrificial sheep (immeru sattukku) that were brought in (abāku, Stat.) from (ina qātē) the shepherds (rēˀû) in the 27th of Ṭebēt (X) year 3 (Nebuchadnezzar):

incoming list: 10 from A1, 14 from A2, his brother, 10 from A3, 24 from A4, 15 from A5, [10] from A6.

The Eanna temple received (mahāru, Stat.) these animals, total (napharu) of 83 sheep and goats (ṣēnu), from B1, brother of B2. They are now under the responsibility (ina pāni) of C the offering shepherd (rēˀu sattukku/ginê).

 

A1= Marduk-zēru-ibni/Mudammiq-māti (sig5.kur), brother of A2; A2= Bēl-ahu-[x]/Mudammiq-māti(?), brother of A1; A3= Ahu-Aya/Manna-kī-ili; A4= Nergal-ibni/Lâbâši; A5= Nabû- nāṣir/Zabidâ; A6= Rēmūt/Nanāya-iddin; B1= Marduk-erība/Šulāya, brother of B2; B2= Nanāya-iddin, brother of B1; C= Kudurru, offering shepherd (rēˀu sattukku/ginê);


Further Information

last updated by
Sarah Grosser, Feb. 9, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (07/09/2023), Hannes Neitzke (19/05/2025)
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
YOS 17