Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
6624
Museum No.
VAT 18679
Primary Publication
VS 20 087
CDLI P-Identifier
P373264
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-mm-dd

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
6 a
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Personnel (ṣābū ša … vel sim.)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Personnel management and labor allocation
Formatting
True
Formatting remarks
paragraph lines
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

List of service shifts (manzaltu) of fishermen, which they divided (parāru or: parāsu, lit.: ú-par-r[i-x]) amongst themselves.

Day 1-5: Nanāya-iddin/Amīl-Nabû, Šamaš-zēru-līšir/Nanāya-iddin and his brother Nabû-kāṣir/Nanāya-iddin, and Nidintu/Erēbšu and his brother Tabnēa/Erēbšu will serve (izuzzu).

Day 6-10: Nabû-mušētiq-uddi/Ibni-[...] and his son Nādinu/Nabû-mušētiq-uddi will serve.

Day 11-15: Bēl-kāṣir/Nabû-aḫḫē-šullim and [...] will serve.

[...]

Day [...] – 28: [...]/Anu-aḫu-iddin will serve.

Day 29-30: Aḫu-iddin/Innin-šumu-uṣur will serve.

They guarantee for fish for the meal (naptanu) and for the good quality of the offering basket (sussulu) for the Lady of Uruk.

Bēlšunu/Nabû-šumu-ibni guarantees for them. In case of failing (ḫīṭu), he will bear the penalty (ḫīṭu) of the god(s) and the king.


Further Information

created by
Julia Giessler, Jan. 6, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 10, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Beaulieu 2003
WZKM 94 (2004), 133-165.