Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3725
Museum No.
W 18215,18
Primary Publication
AUWE 5 082
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-mm-dd

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
6 b
Legal Purpose
Allocation (ina pāni)
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Domain (Eanna)
Personnel management and labor allocation
Format of the tablet
unclear

Content

Paraphrase

Multiple transactions of the same type: distribution of leftovers to prebendholders. Very fragmentary.

[0];3?.5 kor (c. 138 l.), leftovers (rēḫtu) from the days of the prebend of the brewers (sirāšūtu) and of the bakers (nuḫatimmūtu), “of” (ša, i.e. “due to”?) …-kin-aplu and his workers (ṣābu). [0;0].2 (c. 12 l), leftovers (rēḫtu) from Nisan (I) (that are) outstanding (ina ṣēri). [0;0].2 (c. 12 l), “of” (ša, i.e. “due to”?) Šamaš-zēru-iddin and his workers (ṣābu), leftovers (rēḫtu) from Nisan (I) to the end of Ulūl (VI). 20[+x];4.2 kor (c. 3756l), “of” (ša, i.e. “due to”?) Balāṭu, the …, by order of (ina qībi) the royal resident (qīpu).

In the following fragmentary passage only one amount (14;2 kor, c. 2592 l) is extant; the rest of the obverse is broken off. On the reverse, the text continues with a simple list containing more amounts referring to an unspecified good and individuals who are sometimes (but not always) identified by their affiliation.

Despite the absence of any specific reference to the type of distribution, Gehlken (AUWE 5, p. 75) identifies this text as a record of monthly allotments of barley or dates.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

Multiple transactions of the same type: distribution of leftovers to prebendholders. Very fragmentary.

[0];3?.5 kor (c. 138 l.), leftovers (rēhtu) from the days of the prebend of the brewers (sirāšūtu) and of the bakers (nuhatimmūtu), “of” (ša, i.e. “due to”?) A and his workers (ṣābu). [0;0].2 (c. 12 l), leftovers (rēhtu) from Nisan (I) (that are) outstanding (ina ṣēri). [0;0].2 (c. 12 l), “of” (ša, i.e. “due to”?) B and his workers (ṣābu), leftovers (rēhtu) from Nisan (I) to the end of Ulūl (VI). 20[+x];4.2 kor (c. 3756l), “of” (ša, i.e. “due to”?) C, the …, by order of (ina qībi) the royal commissioner (qīpu). In the following fragmentary passage only one amount (14;2 kor, c. 2592 l) is extant; the rest of the obverse is broken off. On the reverse, the text continues with a simple list containing more amounts referring to an unspecified good and individuals who are sometimes (but not always) identified by their affiliation.

Despite the absence of any specific reference to the type of distribution, Gehlken (AUWE 5, p. 75) identifies this text as a record of monthly allotments of barley or dates.

A = …-kin-aplu; B = Šamaš-zēru-iddin; C = Balāṭu


Further Information

Type and Content
Multiple transactions
last updated by
Kira Awege, Feb. 13, 2026, 10:04 a.m.