Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 4967
- Museum No.
- NCBT 00021
- Primary Publication
- YOS 19 103
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P302074
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. 1-12-mm-dd
- Inferred date
- 556-544
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 11 a
- Text Form
- Letter (e.g. ṭuppi PN ana PN)
- Legal Purpose
- Work (ana ēpišānūti nadānu; also ina muḫḫi)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Personnel management and labor allocation
Content
- Paraphrase
Letter by Bēl-šarru-uṣur to Nabû-šarru-uṣur about work (dullu) desired by the sender for which a large quantity of gold is to be prepared (ḫâru) urgently (kapdu) by the addressee. The sender wishes to be informed as soon as the gold is prepared.
Dating on basis of prosopography with the likely identification of Nabû-šarru-uṣur as Royal Overseer (bēl piqitti) of Eanna and the sender with the crownprince Bēl-šarru-uṣur.
Further Information
- created by
- Matthias Adelhofer, June 30, 2025, 12:58 p.m.
- last updated by
- Michael Jursa, Dec. 29, 2025, 6:01 p.m.