Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3887
- Museum No.
- 1632
- CDLI P-Identifier
- Place of issue
- No place
- Type and Content
- Balanced accounts
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Dossier
- None
- Period
- NB
- Year BCE
- None
- Editio princeps
- Sack 1994 (Documents)
Content
- Paraphrase
Settlement of the account of a single blacksmith. Dated.
The tablet lays out the iron account of A, a known blacksmith, from year 16 until Kislīm (IX) of year 17 Nbk.
From (ina) the x minas of iron which were given (nadānu, wr. sum-na) to A, the Eanna temple received (mahāru, Stat.) 3078 shekels (≈ 25.5 kg) as processed (gamru) iron and 875 shekels (≈ 7.2 kg) remains (sâtu)*; a total of 1 talent 2 minas 53 shekels (≈ 31.3 kg) … (broken) is what remains (rēhu)**. 6 minas 9 shekels iron are (still) at his disposal (ina pāni). Finally, A was paid 12½ shekels (≈ 103.75 g) silver (eṭētu) as his wages (idu). The account (nikkassu) with A is settled (epēšu, Stat.).
* for the uncl. use of sâtu see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 53.
** the difference between sâtu and rēhu here is uncl.
A= Ina-qibīt-Bēl-limmir, a known blacksmith, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 308
mith. Dated.
- Transliteration
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Nbk. 17-IX-27
further information
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (08/09/2023)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- None