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