W 18204,32 + Wy 17 + Wy 36

Single transaction with multiple entries: issue of barley (for rations?). Fragmentary. Dated?

The tablet is written to fix the distribution of barley to several individuals. The text, whose first lines are broken thus preventing us from knowing if there was a heading or an introductory statement, is arranged in 2 or 3 columns.

The first one gave the amount of allotted barley, in kors – the lowest amount being 0;1+.1.0 kor (c. 42 l) and the highest being 10 kor (c.1800 l). Then, in most lines follow a second column with a digit that gives the amount of workers who must receive the mentioned barley: in the third column, the class of workers is mentioned. In a few instances, when the recipient is a single man, his name is directly written in the second column, followed by his job title.

A line on the reverse provides the total: 94;2.5.3 kor (c. 17025 l) of barley, received (našû) by Nabû-bān-aḫi/Arad-Nabû, Marduk-šumu-iddin’s messenger.

The lower part of the tablet is broken off, but it may have contained a date. The text may be dated on prosopographic data and the plausible reference to Intercalary Addar between Nebuchadnezzar's 33rd – 36th regnal years (so Gehlken). 

Single transaction with multiple entries: issue of barley (for rations?). Fragmentary. Dated?

The tablet is written to fix the distribution of barley to several individuals. The text, whose first lines are broken thus preventing us from knowing if there was a heading or an introductory statement, is arranged in 2 or 3 columns. The first one gave the amount of allotted barley, in kors – the lowest amount being 0;1+.1.0 kor (c. 42 l) and the highest being 10 kor (c.1800 l). Then, in most lines follow a second column with a digit that gives the amount of workers who must receive the mentioned barley: in the third column, the class of workers is mentioned. In a few instances, when the recipient is a single man, his name is directly written in the second column, followed by his job title. A line on the reverse provides the total: 94;2.5.3 kor (c. 17025 l) of barley, received (našû) by A, B’s messenger. The lower part of the tablet is broken off, but it may have contained a date. The text may be dated on prosopographic data and the plausible reference to Intercalary Addar between Nebuchadnezzar's 33rd – 36th regnal years (so Gehlken). 

A = Nabû-bān-ahi/Arad-Nabû, messenger of B; B = Marduk-šumu-iddin