Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3815
Museum No.
W 18214,2
Primary Publication
AUWE 11 179
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Npl. yy-mm-dd
Inferred date
625-562

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
6 f
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 shares in the offerings allotted to prebendaries. Very fragmentary.

The first lines of the tablet are lost; then, after 3 fragmentary lines in which only a few words can be read, the list starts with the temple enterers’ (ērib bīti) share: 1[+x] thigh (pēmu) and 1 fresh hide (šiḫṭu) […], and the hides (ṣēlu) and breasts (irtu) of 8 sheep.

LINE

3 shoulders (imittu) to Zēria/Balāṭu.

LINE

3(+x?) thighs, 1 fresh hide (šihṭu) and another hide (šihṭu, wr. UZUši-ih-ṭu), 1 portion of mutton to Iqīša, the governor (šākin ṭēmi).

LINE

Some broken cuts of meat, 1 fresh hide (šihṭu), 1 backside, 1 portion of mutton to Nergal-ašarēdu.

LINE

Per month: each day, for 20 days, the hide of a sheep for Aškā’ītu to Nabû-nadin-….

LINE

For a third of a day, the hide of 1 sheep for a god whose name is lost to Marduk-ēṭir/Bēl-šumu-iškun.

LINE

On the 4th day: 1 thigh (pēmu) for Uṣur-amassu to broken name/Nabû-….

LINE

For 2 days: 1 thigh (pēmu) for Uṣur-amassu(?) to Marduk-….

LINE

For 2 days: 1 thigh (pēmu) […].

LINE

King’s offerings (niqû): 15 […].

Rest broken off. Some more lines of writing can be found on the left edge of the tablet, but only the words for “clothing ceremony” (lubuštu) and “their hides” can be identified. Rest broken off. Probably dated in Npl or Nbk.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

List of shares in the offerings allotted to prebendaries. Very fragmentary.

The first lines of the tablet are lost; then, after 3 fragmentary lines in which only a few words can be read, the list starts with the temple enterers’ (ērib bīti) share: 1[+x] thigh (pēmu) and 1 fresh hide (šihṭu) […], and the hides (ṣēlu) and breasts (irtu) of 8 sheep. LINE. 3 shoulders (imittu) to A. LINE. 3(+x?) thighs, 1 fresh hide (šihṭu) and another hide (šihṭu, wr. UZUši-ih-ṭu), 1 portion of mutton to B, the governor (šākin ṭēmi). LINE. Some broken cuts of meat, 1 fresh hide (šihṭu), 1 backside, 1 portion of mutton to C. LINE. Per month: each day, for 20 days, the hide of a sheep for Aškā’ītu to D. LINE. For a third of a day, the hide of 1 sheep for a god whose name is lost to E. LINE. On the 4th day: 1 thigh (pēmu) for Uṣur-amassu to F. LINE. For 2 days: 1 thigh (pēmu) for Uṣur-amassu(?) to G. LINE. For 2 days: 1 thigh (pēmu) […]. LINE. King’s offerings (niqû): 15 […]. Rest broken off. Some more lines of writing can be found on the left edge of the tablet, but only the words for “clothing ceremony” (lubuštu) and “their hides” can be identified. Rest broken off. Probably dated in Npl or Nbk.

A = Zēria/Balāṭu; B = Iqīša, governor (šākin ṭēmi); C = Nergal-ašarēdu; D = Nabû-nadin-…; E = Marduk-ēṭir/Bēl-šumu-iškun; F = broken name/Nabû-…; G = Marduk-…


Further Information

Type and Content
Inventories
last updated by
Kira Awege, Jan. 29, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (17/09/2023)