Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
4280
Museum No.
YBC 06938
Primary Publication
YOS 17 301
CDLI P-Identifier
P307952
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbk IV. 1-VII-15
Date BCE
521

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
7 f
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Administrative receipt ((ina qātē) maḫir; eṭir; also 'no verb')
Transaction Type
transactional (incoming)
Domain (Eanna)
Cult and pertinent craft production
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

Bēl-iddin/Apkallu and Nabû-aplu-iddin/Nabû-zēru-līšir, the weavers (išparū), delivered various types of textiles to the temple (maḫāru):

  • The garments of the Lady of Uruk: 20 minas of white woven cloth (meḫṣu peṣû) for one lubāru-garment; 40 minas (of the same) for 4 ṣibtu-garments; 1 2/3 mina (of the same) for 10 belts (ḫuṣannu); 10 shekels of red wool (tabarru), dyed with inzaḫurētu, and 1 belt
  • The garments of Nanāya: 12 minas of white woven cloth and 2 ṣibtu-garments; 1 2/3 mina (of white woven cloth) for 10 belts 
  • The garments of Bēltu-ša-Rēš: 1 2/3 mina (of white woven cloth) for 1 lubāru-garment; 1 1/3 mina (of white woven cloth) for 2 ṣibtu-garments; 1/2 mina and 5 shekels of white woven cloth for 7 belts
  • 1 2/3 mina (of white woven cloth) for 10 belts for Uṣur-amassu;
  • 1 2/3 mina and 5 shekels of white yarn (ṭīmu peṣû);
  • 5 shekels of blue wool yarn (ṭīmu takiltu);
  • 1 shekel of red wool yarn (ṭīmu tabarru) (dyed with) madder (ḫūratu);
  • 1 1/2 mina of cords in linen and red wool (guḫalṣu tabarru); 55 shekels of cords in linen and blue wool (guḫalṣu takiltu);
  • 50 shekels of 5 belts for Gula.

Further Information

created by
Hannes Neitzke, May 19, 2025, 10:42 a.m.
last updated by
Marie Young, Sept. 11, 2026, 3:52 p.m.