Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
7202
Museum No.
YBC 04132
Primary Publication
YOS 6 099
CDLI P-Identifier
P305444
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbn. 06-VIII-22
Date BCE
19/11/550

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
7 m
Text Form
Contract (various verbs)
Legal Purpose
Hire (ana …ūti ina pāni, našpartu alāku, ana idi nadānu, dullu epēšu)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Two boats (eleppu), which are three cubits wide at their beams (?), are to be constructed by Balāṭu/Šūzubu (B) and will be rent by the treasury of the Eanna, to Nabû-šarru-uṣur, Royal Overseer of the Eanna (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti ajakki), for 6 shekels of silver as their lease payment (ana idi nadānu).

In addition, B is to receive (nadānu) from the Eanna a daily allowance of 0;0.0.3 of bread, 0;0.0.4 of beer, salt and cress, and 0;0.0.2 of oil.

Three witnesses and the scribe: Eanna-līpī-uṣur/Tarību.

Notes:

Ll. 1–2 partially broken.


Further Information

created by
Marie Young, Feb. 16, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
last updated by
Marie Young, Feb. 23, 2026, 1:03 p.m.