Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3821
Museum No.
W 18230,11
Primary Publication
AUWE 11 185
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-mm-dd

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
5 a
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Inventory (occasionally amāru)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Personnel management and labor allocation
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

List of workmen and their supervisors (decuries). Fragmentary.

The tablet records no less than 6 groups of men, listed with their names and affiliations. Its beginning and end are broken off. At the end of each group, a line of text gives the subtotal (amounting always to 10) and the name of the man in charge (ša PN), meaning “decury of Mr-so-and-so”. The decuries are separated by a horizontal line. Some of the names mentioned are:

Balāssu, Bēl-uballiṭ, Aḫḫēšāya, Nabû-zēru-ukīn, Iddināya, Bēl-erība

Legacy Paraphrase

List of workmen and their supervisors (decuries). Fragmentary.

The tablet records no less than 6 groups of men, listed with their names and affiliations. Its beginning and end are broken off. At the end of each group, a line of text gives the subtotal (amounting always to 10) and the name of the man in charge (ša PN), meaning “decury of Mr-so-and-so”. The decuries are separated by a horizontal line.


Further Information

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