Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3657
Museum No.
W 18207,22
Primary Publication
AUWE 5 014
Place of issue
Uruk city
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-mm-dd

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
10 i
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Journal (various, most often ina pāni, nadin, apil, eṭir, šūbulu)
Transaction Type
transactional (janus)
Domain (Eanna)
Animal husbandry
Format of the tablet
unclear

Content

Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to multiple herdsmen, with extractions in wool, goat hair and male animals. Scribal worksheet.

The top part of the tablet is broken: listit must have listed an unknown amount of female lambs (parratu), she-goats (enzu), he-goats (urīṣu), young she-goats (unīqu) and young he-goats (lalû), for a total of [x]100+18 sheep and goats (ṣēnu), that the Eanna put under Abdāya’s/Abu-ilia responsibility (ina pāni).

The herdsman in charge will deliver a broken amount of male animals, less the expected death deductions of 46 sheep (mašku, lit. hides) and 16 UD.DA (uncl., perhaps goat hair) (in return).

LINE.

The Eanna further put under Nabû-irâm’s/Ša’iru responsibility (ina pāni) a total of 418 sheep and goats (ṣēnu). His herd consists of [x]+6+280 rams (puḫālu), [x]+60 fertile ewes (laḫru tālittu), [x]+22 female lambs (parratu) and [x]+20 male lambs (parru).

The herdman in charge will deliver a broken amount of male animals, less the expected death deductions of 32 sheep and 11 UD.DA  (in return).

LINE.

The reverse lists the amounts of wool (šipātu) (that the Eanna received from its herdsmen): a broken amount from (ša) Balāssu/Bēl-ēṭir, [x] talents and 45 minas from Abdāya/Abu-ilia, and [x] talents from Nabû-irâm/Ša’iru.

Rest broken off.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to multiple herdsmen, with extractions in wool, goat hair and male animals. Scribal worksheet.

The top part of the tablet is broken: listit must have listed an unknown amount of female lambs (parratu), she-goats (enzu), he-goats (urīṣu), young she-goats (unīqu) and young he-goats (lalû), for a total of [x]100+18 sheep and goats (ṣēnu), that the Eanna put under A’s responsibility (ina pāni). creditThe herdsman in charge will deliver a broken amount of male animals, less the expected death deductions of 46 sheep (mašku, lit. hides) and 16 UD.DA (uncl., perhaps goat hair) (in return). LINE. listThe Eanna further put under B’s responsibility (ina pāni) a total of 418 sheep and goats (ṣēnu). His herd consists of [x]+6+280 rams (puhālu), [x]+60 fertile ewes (lahru tālittu), [x]+22 female lambs (parratu) and [x]+20 male lambs (parru). creditThe herdman in charge will deliver a broken amount of male animals, less the expected death deductions of 32 sheep and 11 UD.DA  (in return). LINE. incomeThe reverse lists the amounts of wool (šipātu) (that the Eanna received from its herdsmen): a broken amount from (ša) C, [x] talents and 45 minas from A, and [x] talents from B. Rest broken off.

A = Abdāya/Abu-ilia; B = Nabû-irâm/Ša’iru; C = Balāssu/Bēl-ēṭir


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