Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
5031
Museum No.
NBC 04937
Primary Publication
YOS 19 111
CDLI P-Identifier
P297959
Place of issue
No place
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbn. 1-X-5
Date BCE
19/12/555

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
5 a
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Inspection (amirtu)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Personnel management and labor allocation
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

Groups of workers (ṣābu) are assigned the transport (zābilu) of dates:

5 workers: Šamaš-zēru-ibni, Erēšu, Nūrêa, Šamaš-aḫu-iddin/Tattan, Nabû-uṣuršu

9 craftsmen (ummânu): Šumu-iddin, Nidintu, Ubāru, Iddiya, Nūrêa, Lūmur-dumqi-Ištar, mušallimānu-craftsmen, and Arrabu, a sack maker (saqqāyu)

5 agents (musaḫḫiru) of the Temple administrator (šatammu): Šulāya, Nanāya-iddin, Ištar-aḫḫē-uṣur, Nanāya-iddin/Eanna-ibni, Nanāya-aḫu-iddin, plus Guzānu

6 workers of Ištar-šumu-ēres: Libluṭ/Ištar-šumu-ēreš, Ina-ṣilli-Eanna, Ibni-Ištar, Šumu-iddin substituting for Šamaš-šumu-ukīn, Nabû-uṣur, and? Eanna-šumu-ibni, Šamaš-ēṭir, Pāliḫu

5 hired workers (agru): Zēria, Sîn-zēru-ibni, Akkudannu, Arad-Nanāya, Lūattūa

In total 26 (incorrect number) with some measuring (mašāḫu) the dates.

(Inspected by?) Nabû-zēru-līšir, Ibni-Ištar, Ardia/Itti-Bēl-abnu


Further Information

created by
Matthias Adelhofer, July 14, 2025, 1:34 p.m.
last updated by
Matthias Adelhofer, July 14, 2025, 1:34 p.m.