Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3732
Museum No.
W 18214,25 + Wy 4
Primary Publication
AUWE 5 089
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
AM. 01-X-02
Date BCE
04/01/561

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
6 d
Text Form
Receipt (maḫāru, eṭēru)
Legal Purpose
Administrative receipt ((ina qātē) maḫir; eṭir; also 'no verb')
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
square

Content

Paraphrase

Multiple transactions of the same type: issue of salt to be used for regular offerings. Dated.

The document, written on the 2nd of Ṭebēt (X) records that Nabû-kīn-aplu received (našû, wr. GIŠ) salt for the regular offerings (sattukku) to be performed in the current month: 1 ½ talent (c. 45 kg) for Uṣur-amāssu and Aškā’ītu, and 30 minas (c. 15 kg) for Gula and Palil.

Bānia received (našû, wr. GIŠ) 10 (more) minas for Nusku.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

Multiple transactions of the same type: issue of salt to be used for regular offerings. Dated.

The document, written on the 2nd of Ṭebēt (X) records that A received (našû, wr. GIŠ) salt for the regular offerings (sattukku) to be performed in the current month: 1 ½ talent (c. 45 kg) for Uṣur-amāssu and Aškā’ītu, and 30 minas (c. 15 kg) for Gula and Palil. B received (našû, wr. GIŠ) 10 (more) minas for Nusku.

A = Nabû-kīn-aplu; B = Bānia


Further Information

Type and Content
Multiple transactions
last updated by
Kira Awege, Jan. 27, 2026, 9:48 a.m.