Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3683
Museum No.
W 18026 (=Wx 10)
Primary Publication
AUWE 5 040
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. 16-IX-01
Date BCE
02/12/589

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
10 d
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
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to a herdman. Dated.

Ša-Nabû-šū/Nabû-ušēzib has at his disposal (ina pāni) a total of 203 bovines (lâtu).

The herd consists of: 4(?) bulls (puḫālu), 116(?) cows (littu, wr. áb.gal.meš, 15 two-year old oxen (alpu šanî, wr. gu4 2-i.meš), 21 heifers (burtu, wr. gu4.nínda.meš), 21 male calfs (bīru) and 26(?) female calfs (sāḫirtu, wr. áb.nigin.meš).

 

Legacy Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to multiple herdsmen. Dated.

The Eanna put under A’s responsibility (ina pāni) a total of 203 bovines (lâtu). The herd consists of: 4(?) bulls (puhālu), 116(?) cows (littu, wr. áb.gal.meš, 15 two-year old oxen (alpu šanî, wr. gu4 2-i.meš), 21 heifers (burtu, wr. gu4.nínda.meš), 21 male calfs (bīru) and 26(?) female calfs (sāhirtu, wr. áb.nigin.meš).

 

A = Ša-Nabû-šū/Nabû-ušēzib


Further Information

Type and Content
Inventories
last updated by
Marie Young, Feb. 4, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (17/09/2023)
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
AUWE 5