Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 6712
- Museum No.
- CST 569
- Primary Publication
- Zadok 2016 B.a.I.2
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P462774
- Place of issue
- No place
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. 00-00-00
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 5 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
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
List of 13 workers (ṣābu).
Its first part comprises the names of individuals belonging to the group of ten (ešertu) of Nabû-aḫu-ēreš: Nabû-aḫu-ēreš/Zērūtu, Ša-Nabû-ibni, Innin-zēru-ušebši, Eanna-būdia, Ištar-[…]ua, Nabû-aḫu-uṣur, Ina-ṣilli-Ištar, Ištar-rēṣûa, Ṭāb-šar-Ištar.
The second part comprises the following names: Ibnāya, master builder (arad ekalli), from the group of ten of Nabû-[…]; Nergal-uballiṭ, from the group of ten of […]/Ēṭiršu; Nabû-rēmanni, from the group of ten of Nabû-[…]/Ša-Bēl-nuḫšu; Nanāya-ittia, from the group of ten of Gimillu/Mušallim-Marduk.
A piggyback letter at end of the text informs that until the 20th day, the messenger whom the addressee (“the lord”) sent to the forest (qí-il*-ti for qištu) did not […]. The sender adds that he sent (the workers?) back (ana kutalli).
Further Information
- created by
- Małgorzata Sandowicz, Jan. 16, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
- last updated by
- Małgorzata Sandowicz, Jan. 26, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Zadok 2016