Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3686
Museum No.
W 18230,37
Primary Publication
AUWE 5 043
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. yy-mm-30
Inferred date
604–562

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
unclear

Content

Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to multiple herdsmen. Dated.

The Eanna put under two brothers’ (Silim-Bēl/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim and Ištar-šumu-ēreš/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim) responsibility (ina pāni) a total of 106 bovines (lâtu) that are property (makkuru) of the temple of Ištar of Uruk and Nanāya. Details on the different kinds of animals belonging to this herd are lost in the broken top half of the tablet.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

List of livestock allocated to multiple herdsmen. Dated.

The Eanna put under two brothers’ (A1 and A2) responsibility (ina pāni) a total of 106 bovines (lâtu) that are property (makkuru) of the temple of Ištar of Uruk and Nanāya. Details on the different kinds of animals belonging to this herd are lost in the broken top half of the tablet.

A1 = Silim-Bēl/Nabû-ahhē-šullim, brother of A2; A2 = Ištar-šumu-ēreš/Nabû-ahhē-šullim, brother of A1


Further Information

Type and Content
Inventories
last updated by
Kira Awege, Feb. 2, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (17/09/2023)
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
AUWE 5