Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3934
Museum No.
WHM 1656
Primary Publication
Sack 1994 (Documents) 20
CDLI P-Identifier
P421507
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Uruk city
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. 19-V-02

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
4 k
Text Form
Note (...)
Legal Purpose
Withdrawal (našû)
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

The Royal Representative (qīpu) withdrew (našû) for work (ana muḫḫi dullu ša pāni) 6 minas silver, 2 quivers (tillu), 2 ropes (ašlu), 10 minas plucked wool (šimṭu), oil, sesame, 2 ṣallu-hides (and) 2 dušû-hides.

Legacy Paraphrase

Includes a list of the items taken by the royal resident for his work. Dated (no RN, probably Nbk).*

The royal resident (qīpu) takes (našû) with (itti) him for (ana muḫḫi) his(?) work:* 6 minas of silver, 2 leather pieces(?), 2 ropes, 10 minas of plucked wool, oil, sesame, 2 ṣallu-tanned hides, and 2 dušû-tanned hides.  

 

* a-na muḫ-ḫi dul-lu šá igi; the context of this text is one of the state initiated public building project, most probably from the time of Nebuchadnezzar.


Further Information

last updated by
Melanie Groß, Dec. 2, 2025, 12:51 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (12/09/2023)