Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3811
Museum No.
W 18239,8
Primary Publication
AUWE 11 175
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk. yy-mm-dd
Inferred date
604–562

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
6 d
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Issue (nadin)
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Domain (Eanna)
Personnel management and labor allocation
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

List of barley and emmer disbursements to prebendaries. Very fragmentary. Dated.

The opening lines of the text mention a broken date in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and 800 measures (mašīḫu) of barley as well as 24 measures of emmer (having been delivered) to (ana) the temple property (makkūru). The rest of the obverse is unwritten.

The reverse provides details on extractions made from (ina libbi) these amounts: 20+[x] measures of barley from (ina) the allotment period (maššartu) of month … (broken) (were given to) Nabû-bān-aḫi, son of Šulāya; 10 measures to Lūṣi-ana-nūri, son of Aplāya; 16 measures from (ina) the allotment days(?) (ūmu) to Ibni-Ištar, the launderer (pūṣaya); 10 measures of emmer from (ina) the allotment period of Ṭebēt (X) (were given to) Nabû-šumu-līšir; 2 measures to Lūṣi-ana-nūri, son of Aplāya; 4 measures to Nabû-bān-aḫi, son of Šulāya. Rest broken off.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

List of barley and emmer disbursements to prebendaries. Very fragmentary. Dated.

The opening lines of the text mention a broken date in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and 800 measures (mašīhu) of barley as well as 24 measures of emmer (having been delivered) to (ana) the temple property (makkūru). The rest of the obverse is unwritten. The reverse provides details on extractions made from (ina libbi) these amounts: 20+[x] measures of barley from (ina) the allotment period (maššartu) of month … (broken) (were given to) A ; 10 measures to B; 16 measures from (ina) the allotment days(?) (ūmu) to C, the launderer (pūṣaya); 10 measures of emmer from (ina) the allotment period of Ṭebēt (X) (were given to) D; 2 measures to B; 4 measures to A. Rest broken off.

A = Nabû-bāni-ahi/Šulāya; B = Lūṣi-ana-nūri/Aplāya; C = Ibni-Ištar, launderer (pūṣaja); D = Nabû-šumu-līšir


Further Information

Type and Content
Inventories
last updated by
Marie Young, June 5, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (17/09/2023)