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Dates and sometimes also cereals, which are the rest of allowances (kurummatu) for Nbn. 03 m.XIIb and other months, are given to craftsmen (ummânu) and oblates, who carry out work in Eanna:

Basket carriers (under the management of?) Kalbāya/(f)Kišāya; basket carriers (under the management of?) Nanāya-iddin/Aḫūšunu; Taqīš-Gula (and) Šamaš-bān-aḫi; Adad-šumu-uṣur, Nanāya-iddin and Rēmūtu, architects (itinnu); Ištar-aḫu-iddin, the sailor (malāḫu) who is responsible for bitumen (kupru); Šamaš-iddin and Šamaš-iqīša, carpenters for doors; Ištar-šumu-ibni (and) Šamaš-iddin; […] and Lâbâši […] goldsmiths (kutimmu); Nabû-zēru-ibni and Šamaš-ēreš, master builders (arad ekalli); Naʼid-Ištar and Nanāya-aḫu-uṣur, master builders; Šulāya, master builder; Guzānu/(f)ku^?-meš-[...] and his brother Nanāya-iddin//(f)ku^?-meš-[...]; Nanāya-iddin/(f)Attar-rāmat, including […]; Nanāya-aḫu-iddin/Arad-Nabû, master builder; Ištar-rēṣûa, ... (šá na-da-tu₄?); Ḫašdāya/Bēl-ibni, the goldsmith; Itti-Eanna-būdia, the sailor responsible for (or: under the management of^?, ša ina muḫḫi) Zēria; the delivery man(?) (mušallimānu); Ibni-Ištar, Arad-Nabû and Ēdûa, the blacksmiths; weaver of multicolored cloth, Ērešu/Nanāya-iddin; carpenters; weavers, Innin-zēru-ušebši; bleachers (pūṣāyu); Nūr-Sîn/Nabû-bān-aḫi; Amīl-Nanāya/Balāssu, the gatekeeper (atû); Šamaš-aḫu-iddin/Iqīšāya^? and his brother Nanāya-iddin/Iqīšāya^? (or: Šamaš-aḫu-iddin and Nanāya-iddin/Ēṭiru, young sons of Iqīšāya); Nabû-tukulti-ēdu, the gatekeeper; Amīl-Nabû, the gatekeeper; Eanna-ibni, responsible for work at the New Yearʼs (Temple) (akītu); Zēria/Taqīš-Gula and ... (his sons?); Ṭāb-šār-Ištar, the gatekeeper; Anu-zēru-ibni and Bānia, the gatekeepers; latrine workers (ša bīt musâti); Bānia/Aplāya, responsible for the work [...]; Kalbāya, the [...]; Ištar-rēṣûa, man of the […] house (or temple^?); Erēbšu, the master^(?) builder^(?); [...]; [...]-kēšir and Silim-Bēl, [...] the smiths; lacuna; Rēmūtu, responsible for firing bricks; Rēmūtu/Nergal-lēʼi, responsible for firing bricks; Gimillu/Rēḫētu; [...]-Ištar, Ištar-bēlu-uṣur, Eanna-ri^?-ga-za-nu, the leatherworkers; Nabû-ṣābit-qātē, guard (maṣṣāru) of the warehouse; Eanna-ibni, the prisoner in charge of the kiln (ṣabtu ša ina muḫḫi kīri); Nabû-šumu-ibni, the gatekeeper; Nanāya-aḫu-iddin/Nabû-šumu-ibni, the blacksmith; Ištar-alik-pāni, seal-cutter, responsible for decorating, (and) his brother; Ištar-aḫḫē-iddin, the jeweler, and his sons; the brothers Innin-zēru-ibni/Ina-tēšî-ēṭir, Anu-iqbi/Ina-tēšî-ēṭir, Šamaš-aḫu-iddin/Ina-tēšî-ēṭir, Ardia/Ina-tēšî-ēṭir; Eanna-nādin-šumi, the bronzesmith, prisoner in the granary (bīt karê); water drawers and overseers of straw; Nanāya-iddin/Dīdēa, who is sick (marṣu); Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim the Urukean [(…)], Nanāya-aḫḫē-bulliṭ, in charge of the porters (zābilu); [...]-ḫu-us-Nergal, responsible for the box (quppu) of the Lionman (urdimmu); Nergal-iddin, responsible for the box, Nabû-uṣuršu of é-˹x˺^meš; [...]-ḫar-Ištar, responsible for the box; Ištar-lūmur, responsible for work at the New Year's Temple; Ibni-Ištar, bronzesmith; Eanna-šumu-līšir, the gatekeeper, Nādinu; Dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni/Eanna-utīr, the bronzesmith; basket carriers (zābil kudurri), Nergal-šumu-ibni; Rāši-ili, the bronzesmith; Nidintu/Gimillu.

The date is mentioned in the opening section.        

Administrative record of transfer. Dated.

Single transaction with multiple entries: issue of dates for the salaries of temple personnel.

This large tablet lists various officials and individuals who received the last payment of their salary in dates at the end of 3 Nbn.

heading: the Eanna temple gave (nadānu, wr. sum-na) dates as the remainder (rēhtu) of the salaries (kurummatu) of intercalary Addar  (XIIb) 3 Nbn to the craftsmen and temple-serfs (širku) who are employed by the temple.

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There follows a long list of individuals and officials (over 60 names are preserved), many of whom are temple-serfs, indicating for which month(s) they are receiving their dates. Most salaries are for months Addar (XII) and intercalary Addar (XIIb), but Šabāṭ (XI) and Nissan (I) are mentioned as well.

The following professions and titles are attested (most of which for multiple individuals): basket carrier (zābil kudurri), bowmen (qaštu), sailors (malāhu), the sailor in charge (ina muhhi) of the bitumen, the carpenters (nagāru) who make doors, goldsmiths, master-builders (arad ekalli), weavers (išparu),  washermen (ašlāku), launderers (pūṣāya), doorkeepers (atû), (the one) in charge of the works on the Akītu house (ša muhhi dulli ša Akīti), (the one) in charge of the lavatory (bīt musâti) (i.e. janitor), (the one) in charge of the firing of bricks (ṣarāpu ša agurri), leatherworkers (aškāpu), guards (maṣṣartu) of the storehouse (bīt makkūri), prisoners (ṣabtu) in charge of the kiln, stone cutters (purgallu), jewellers (kabšarru), bronze smiths (nappāh siparri), water drawers (dālû), (the ones) in charge of the straw, sick men (marṣu), (the one) in charge of the basket bearers (zābilu), (the one) in charge of the cash box (quppu), (the one) in charge of the cash box of the divine Urdimmu, men of the storehouse (bīt karê).