Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
6855
Museum No.
SMUI 1913.14.1588
Primary Publication
Zadok 2016 B.a.I.3
CDLI P-Identifier
P421440
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
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

List of members of 2 new groups of ten (ešertu).

The following individuals are put at the disposal of Ištar-šumu-[…]:

4 from the group of ten of Nabû-udammiq: Ištar-šumu-ēreš/Šamaš-zēru-ibni, Zēria/Taqīš-Gula, Eanna-šumu-ibni/Šulāya, Nanāya-ēreš/Nanāya-uṣalli;

3 from the group of ten of Gimillu/Aḫu-lūmur: Ištar-zēru-ibni/Tarībi (formerly) in the group of ten of Gimillu, Ša-Nabû-šū/Bēl-aḫu-iddin, Amīl-Nanāya/Bēl-aḫḫē-erība;

3! (text:2) from the group of ten of Arad-Innin: Gimillu/Reḫētu (formerly in the group of ten) of Innin-zēru-ibni, Nanāya-aḫu-iddin/Eanna-būdia, and Gimillu/Amīl-Nanāya.

The following individuals are put at the disposal of Nūrēa:

3 from the group of ten of […]: Nūrēa/Ēzu-u-pāšir, Iddināya, son of a novice oblate (zakītu), […]-ēṭir/[…]-šumu-iddin the leatherworker (aškāpu);

4 from the (group of 10)  of Aqara: Ištar-šumu-uṣur/Talīmu, Nā’id-Ištar/[…], Kalbāya/(f)[..]ni, Urdimmu-ilūa/Nabû-aḫu-iddin;

and one each from the groups of ten of Nabû-iqīša (Bānia/Nabû-aḫu-uṣur), (another?) Nabû-iqīša ([...]/Nabû-aḫu-ēreš(?)), Nergal-ēṭir (Nabû-kuṣuranni/Nanāya-[...]), and Zēria (Balāṭu/Nergal-aḫu-iddin).

 

The edition in Zadok 2016 omits the last 6 lines.


Further Information

created by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, Jan. 26, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
last updated by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, March 21, 2026, 9:55 a.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Zadok 2016