Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3451
Museum No.
YBC 04177
Primary Publication
YOS 7 006
CDLI P-Identifier
P305489
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 01-IV-dd
Date BCE
538

Digeanna

Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Other or sfs (various verbs)
Transaction Type
transactional (janus)
Domain (Eanna)
Animal husbandry
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

On the obverse: a list of individuals who delivered […] to Eanna. Several names recur: Ardia the measurer, Balāṭu, Kināya, Mukīn-apli, Mukīn-apli the measurer, Mūrānu, Nādinu. The list is arranged by days.

On the reverse: a list of dead (ma-at-ti-e) and alive (balṭu) sheep at the disposal of Nādinu/Šadûnu (N), listed by days. Former (maḫru) sheep at the disposal of N (and?) Mūrānu are mentioned.

Legacy Paraphrase

List of temple workers who delivered mutton carcasses (UDU-NITA2 ma-at-ti-e) to Eanna, including supervising officials (mādidū) such as Ardiya and Kīnāya, and others such as Murānu, Nādinu, and Balāṭu.


Further Information

Type and Content
Lists
last updated by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, Feb. 20, 2026, 11:13 a.m.