VAT 08517

List of dates given (nadānu) as sacrificial commodities and priestly remuneration (maššartu) and allowances (kurummatu) of the oblates. The dates are property of Eanna from the year Camb. 04 and come from the rentfarm (sūtu) of Ardia/Nabû-bān-aḫi//Rēmūt-Ea, under the management (ša qātē) of Itti-Nabû-balāṭu/Tabnēa//Ur-Nanna* and Šamaš-aḫu-iddin/Bānia//Nabû-šarḫi-ilāni. They are issued to:

Anu-šumu-ibni/Nabû-ēṭir; Arad-Marduk/Zēria; Bānia, priest (šangû) of Nergal; Arad-Nusku/Šamaš-šumu-iddin; Rēmūtu/Nabû-šumu-līšir; Nabû-aplu-iddin/Bēl-uballiṭ; Šellebu/Nabû-balāssu-iqbi; Šamaš-zēru-iddin/Aḫulap-Ištar; Nanāya-iddin/Šamaš-šumu-iddin, Taqīša; Anu-zēru-ibni/Innin-šumu-uṣur; Šamaš-aḫu-iddin/Bānia; Bēl-nādin-apli; Sūqāya/Madānu-aḫḫē-iddin; Anu-aḫu-iddin/Nabû-nādin-šumi; 4 feeders of royal cattle who receive dates as allowances: Kalbāya, Šamaš-zēru-iddin, Innin-zēru-ibni, Iddināya; 5 runners  (musaḫḫiru) of the High Priest (šatammu): Innin-šumu-uṣur, IGI.DU-aḫu-iddin, Lūṣi-ana-nūri, Libluṭ/Bazuzu, Mīnu-ēpuš-ilī; Ištar-aḫu-iddin, bird herder (rēʼi iṣṣūri); Dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni, bleacher (pūṣāyu); Nanāya-ēreš, chief of the prison (rab bīt kīli); Nidintu/Taqīša; 2 lock masters (rab sikkati): Innin-zēru-iqīša, Balāṭu; Lâbâši, chief of corvèe workers (rab urāši); Nanāya-iddin, seal-cutter; Rēmūt-ilī and Nanāya-iddin, the [...]-da-a-a; 2 men at the sheep fold (qabuttu): Barbaru, Šamaš-aḫḫē-iddin; 2 master builders: Amīl-Nanāya, Nanāya-aḫu-iddin/Arad-Nabû; Nādinu/Ištar-[...]šunu, goldsmith; Balāṭu/Nādin-aḫi; Tabnēa, gatekeeper of the [...] gate; the cattle feeder Ubāria; Ištar-šarru-uṣur, delivery man (mušallimānu); Nergal-nāṣir, leatherworker; Balāṭu, reedworker; [...]-Nanāya; Anu-iqbi; Gimillu/Innin-šumu-ibni; Dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni, weaver of multicolored cloth; IGI.DU-šumu-ibni, delivery man; 6 carpenters^? for [...]: Šamaš-iddin^? (or: Šamaš-šumu-[...]), Ištar-mukīn-[...], Širkiktu, Eanna-šarru-uṣur, Guzānu, Anu-zēru-iddin; Aḫu-iddin/Arad-Nanāya (for) guards^!? (maṣṣāru, ^lúEN.NUN^{! (text: DAG)}; or: temple officials, EN^{me lú}pi^!-qit^!) of Eanna; Iddia and Lūṣi-ana-nūri (for) leatherworkers; washerman: Libluṭ; offering shepherds (rēʼi ginê); reedworkers; bird fatteners; 4 watchmen (dayyālu): Bazuzu, Ardia, Šamaš-zēru-ibni, Balāṭu; Nanāya-iddin/Nūrea from the allowances of m.IV (of?) x tu an ki; (f)Ša-Nanāya-šī (for individuals) at the Narrow Gate (bābu qatnu) and the … Gate; Šumu-ibni/Ina-tēšî-ēṭir (for) […]; Nabû-zēru-ukīn for allowances of 3 brickburners (ṣārip agurri) in the 5^th year; allowances of corvée workers of the plowmen under the management of Šulāya/Sîn-nādin-šumi, who is (responsible for) the prison at the palace in (tp)Bēltia, for m.IX-m.12.

After 4 lines of erasure, the text ends with “third” (šalšu).

The date is mentioned in the opening section.

Collation of l. 4 (^Iur-^d*ŠEŠ*.KI*, ŠEŠ written below DINGIR) by Julia Giessler.

Administrative record of transfer. Dated.

Single transaction with multiple entries:  issue of dates for payments to temple-serfs and holders of priestly rights in the temple.

Col. I: Heading: The Eanna temple gave (nadānu, wr. sum-na) dates, which are the property (makkūru) of Ištar of Uruk and Nanāya, from the fixed-rent (sūtu) that A (paid) for the year 4 Camb, to  (ša qātē) B1 and B2 for (ana) the prebendary payment (maššartu) and salaries (kurummatu) of the temple-serfs (širku), in the 2nd of Arahsamna (VIII) 5 Camb.

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list: Names of 14 individuals (no titles/professions are mentioned).

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(These) dates were given for salaries.

Col ii: Names of 4 ox feeders (mušākil alpi) of the royal oxen (ša šarri), 5 buyers (musahhiru) of the temple administrator (šatammu), 1 poultry keeper (rēˀi iṣṣuri), 1 launderer (pūṣāya), 1 chief of prison (rab bīt kīli), 1 name with no title/profession, 2 rab sikkati (military) officials,1 overseer of temple-serfs (rab širki), 1 stone cutter (purgallu), 1 man from […] (lúx-da-a-a), 2 men of the fold (qabuttu)(?), 2 master-builders (arad ekalli), 2 goldsmiths (kutimmu), 1 doorkeeper (atû),

Col iii: Names of 24 men, among them:  feeders of the royal oxen, craftsmen (mušallimānu), a felt-worker (sēpû), a reed-worker (atkuppu), a weaver (išpar birmi), a carpenter (nagāru), guards (maṣṣartu) of Eanna, washermen (ašlāku), shepherds (rēˀû) of the sacrificial sheep and goats, a poultry feeder (mušākil iṣṣuri), water drawers (dālû).

Col iv: Names of 6 men and 1 female, among them: a water drawer, the procession enterers from the Kiš gate (uncertain), smiths (nappāhu), fired-brick makers (ṣārip agguri), temple-serfs (širku) of the ploughmen (ikkaru), a water drawer working at the temple of Bēltia.

A= Nabû-bān-ahi/Rēmūt-Ea; B1= Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Tabnēa//Ur-Nanāya; B2= Šamaš-ahu-iddin/Bānia//Nabû-šarhi-ili