Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 6052
- Museum No.
- BM 117462
- Primary Publication
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P602452
- Place of issue
- No place
- Regional setting
- Larsa
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. 00-00-00
- Inferred date
- Nbn 17-Camb 4 = 539-526 BCE (based on prosopography), possibly Cyr 1-4 = 538-535 BCE (prosopographic dating of another letter by the same sender, TCL 9, 134)
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 11 a
- Text Form
- Letter (e.g. ṭuppi PN ana PN)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Formatting remarks
- Less than a third of the reverse is inscribed.
- Format of the tablet
- portrait
Content
- Paraphrase
Letter of Šamaš-ḫatin-enši (/Šamaš-zēru-iqīša, scribe, ṭupšarru) to the High Priest (of Eanna, šatammu) and Nabû-aḫu-iddin (Royal Overseer, ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti), “his fathers”, requesting sheep for the regular offering of Šamaš, in particular suckling male kalūmu-lambs (kalūmu).
- Legacy Paraphrase
Iltameš-ḫadir (mdutu-ḫa-di-[ir], presumably Iltameš-idrī, the Royal Resident [qīpu] of the Ebabbar of Larsa) writes to “his fathers,” the High Priest (šatammu) and Nabû-aḫu-iddin (in all likelihood the Royal Overseer [ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti] of Eanna). He complains that sheep for regular offerings (ginû) for Šamaš are missing and ask for 30 animals to be sent. The salutation formula invokes Šamaš and Aya.
Further Information
- created by
- Małgorzata Sandowicz, Oct. 24, 2025, 10:58 a.m.
- last updated by
- Martina Schmidl, June 2, 2026, 5:13 p.m.