GCBC 00167

8 2/3 minas of bronze are at the disposal (ina pāni) of Arad-Innin/Nabû-na’id to remake 2 broken pounders (māḫiṣu). The broken objects weigh 8 ½ minas after smelting and are supplemented with bronze from the treasury (makkūru) to amount to 8 2/3 in total.

Note: the smelting process is referred to by a verb in the first person (ki-i ap-te-qu); if this is not a mistake for a third person form (referring to the smith in question), this is the responsible official talking.

Note regarding bronze put at the disposal of a smith. Dated.

This memorandum is written in the 1st person sg. by an unidentified temple official, regarding 8½ minas from two broken (hepû) pounders (māhiṣātu) of A; note that the word tahsistu (memorandum) is not mentioned in the text. It was intended for internal use among the accountants of the temple.

The writer states that “When I melted them down (patāqu) (some) bronze from the temple store (makkūru) was added (radû, D) to it (ana muhhi) and it became (tarû, wr. gur) 8⅔ minas again.”

The note concludes that A has now a total of 8⅔ minas, for 2 bronze pounders, at his disposal (ina pāni).

A= Arad-Innin/Nabû-naˀid, probably a bronze smith (though his profession is not yet attested in any text), see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 295