Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3655
Museum No.
W 18219,1
Primary Publication
AUWE 5 012
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbn. 17?-V-17?
Date BCE
539

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
10 k
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Allocation (ina pāni)
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Domain (Eanna)
Animal husbandry
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to a single herdsman. Dated.

The Eanna put under Bassia’s/Uzzubatu-ilī responsibility (ina pāni) a total of 832 sheep and goats (ṣēnu).

The first herd consists of: 25 rams (puḫālu), 557 ewes (laḫru), 48 male lambs (kalūmu), 161 female lambs (parratu) – first partial total: 791 white animals.

Then, the list continues with 11 he-goats (urīṣu), 20 she-goats (enzu), 6 young he-goats (lalû), 4 young she-goats (unīqu) – second partial total: 41 black animals.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to a single herdsman. Dated.

The Eanna put under A’s responsibility (ina pāni) a total of 832 sheep and goats (ṣēnu). The first herd consists of: 25 rams (puhālu), 557 ewes (lahru), 48 male lambs (kalūmu), 161 female lambs (parratu) – first partial total: 791 white animals. Then, the list continues with 11 he-goats (urīṣu), 20 she-goats (enzu), 6 young he-goats (lalû), 4 young she-goats (unīqu) – second partial total: 41 black animals.

A = Bassia/Uzzubatu-ilī


Further Information

Type and Content
Inventories
last updated by
Kira Awege, Feb. 13, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (20/09/2023)
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
AUWE 5