Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3741
Museum No.
W 18207,48 + Wy 55
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Uruk
Type and Content
Multiple (list)
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
606
Editio princeps

Content

Paraphrase

List of barley disbursements (for rations?) to multiple recipients. Fragmentary. Dated.

The tablet registers the distribution of 0;2 kor (c. 72 l) or 0;1 kor (c. 36 l.) (of barley): they are given (no verb) by the Eanna to no less than 7 individuals, likely as food rations (though the term kurummatu never appears), for the months Ṭebēt (X), Šabāṭ (XI), and possibly Addar (XII). The recipients cannot be identified: only one reference to a “gardener” (nukaribbu) is extant, but in a broken context. The three allotments recorded on the obverse of the tablet are deducted (ina libbi) from the share of A, the “third man” (tašlīšu). One more ration listed on the reverse is said to have been deducted (ina libbi) from B’s share.

A = Ardia, “third man”; B = Nanāya-…

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Npl. 19-XI-10

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
None