Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3869
Museum No.
W 18206,40
Primary Publication
AUWE 11 234
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-mm-dd
Inferred date
605-562

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
9 b
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
unclear (...)
Transaction Type
unclear
Format of the tablet
landscape
Sealings
True

Content

Paraphrase

Fragment of a large, sealed summary tablet listing barley and dates delivered by multiple individuals. No date.

The text accounts for goods “of” (ša), - i.e. that were brought to the temple by- several men who are not defined through their job titles. The following deliveries are listed: Marduk-šumu-ibni and ... gave (ša PN, lit. “of PN”, no verb) 329;2.5.3 kor (c. 59325 l) of something (text broken), among which (ina libbi) 8;2.3(+x?) kor (c. 1530 l) came from (ina qāte) Nabû-ŠEŠ-…; someone (name lost) gave (no verb) 2[+x];2.3 kor (c. 450 l.) of barley; Tarību gave (ša PN) 0;1.2[+x] kor (c. 48 l) of dates; 318 kor (c. 57240 l) from (ina qāte) Ri… and Nabû-…. Then, a few amounts are extant in a fragmentary context – 0;2.3 kor (c. 90 l.), 8?4 (kor?).

The text ends then with the final deliveries recorded: 1;2.3 (c. 270 l) (from) Nabû-…; 5 kor (c. 900 l) (from) Marduk; 1 kor (c. 180 l) (from) Nabû-aḫḫē-… and Innin-….

Two Seal Impressions (AUWE 18 114) on the reverse.

Legacy Paraphrase

Fragment of a large, sealed summary tablet listing barley and dates delivered by multiple individuals. No date. The text accounts for goods “of” (ša), - i.e. that were brought to the temple by- several men who are not defined through their job titles. The following deliveries are listed: A1 and A2 gave (ša PN, lit. “of PN”, no verb) 329;2.5.3 kor (c. 59325 l) of something (text broken), among which (ina libbi) 8;2.3(+x?) kor (c. 1530 l) came from (ina qāte) B; someone (name lost) gave (no verb) 2[+x];2.3 kor (c. 450 l.) of barley; C gave (ša PN) 0;1.2[+x] kor (c. 48 l) of dates; 318 kor (c. 57240 l) from (ina qāte) D1 and D2. Then, a few amounts are extant in a fragmentary context – 0;2.3 kor (c. 90 l.), 8?4 (kor?). The text ends then with the final deliveries recorded: 1;2.3 (c. 270 l) (from) E; 5 kor (c. 900 l) (from) F; 1 kor (c. 180 l) (from) G1 and G2.

A1 = Marduk-šumu-ibni; A2 = broken name; B = Nabû-ŠEŠ-…; C = Tarību; D1 = Ri…; D2 = Nabû-…; E = Nabû-…; F = Marduk; G1 = Nabû-ahhē-…; G2 = Innin-…


Further Information

Type and Content
Inventories
last updated by
Kira Awege, Jan. 29, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Stephania Ermidoro, Kathleen Abraham (17/09/2023)