Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
7694
Museum No.
NMC 13540
Primary Publication
Kaskal 18 (2021), 127-157 02
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
No place
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
None
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
XXX. yy-mm-dd
Inferred date
-

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
4 f
Text Form
Table (various or none)
Legal Purpose
Issue (nadin)
Transaction Type
transactional (outgoing)
Domain (Eanna)
Storehouse management and allocation of silver
Formatting
True
Formatting remarks
Horizontal and vertical rulings form columns that are divided into sections.
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

A fragmentary account with two columns on each side, recording issues (nadānu) (of silver) for several purposes, including:

1st column: 2 ½ shekels for [...], issued to(?) Nabû-aḫḫē-bulliṭ, 5 shekels for Nabû[…], withdrawn by(?) Bēl-ēṭir, 1/3 shekel for straw (tibnu), 10 baskets, put at the disposal of Nabû-[...] on the 29th day of m.VI; 1 shekel for buying 0;0.0.1 ½ of perfumed oil (?) (igulû) on the 28th day of m.VI; [...]+1/2 minas and 5 shekels put at the disposal of Nabû-aḫu-iddin and Marduk-erība on the 29th day of m.VI.; [...] for Ištar-taklāku [...].

2nd) Name Marduk-[…] appears in broken contexts.

3rd) 1 shekel [...] for buying bitumen (kupru) which […] on the [...] day of m.V; 2 shekels for [...] for Nabû-iddin[…] (or: Nabû-šumu-[…]) on the 7th day of m.VI; 12 shekels for 100 [+x?] talents of low-quality (dunnâtu) bitumen for [...], put at the disposal of Nabû-[…] on the 11th day of m.VI; 5 1/3 shekels for [...] bitumen for Amīl(?)-Anu (spelled: (m)KUR-(d)a-ni[m]) […], put at the disposal of Nabû-šumu-ukīn on the [...] day of m.VI(?); 52 shekels for 770 talents of bitumen for (f)DU-TI(?) (written twice), put at the disposal of Nabû-šumu-ukīn on the [...] day of m.VI(?); 9 shekels for 108 talents of low-quality bitumen for […].

4th) Grand total: 18 minas 42 shekels (of silver for expenses).


Further Information

created by
Piotr Turowski, April 19, 2026, 9:18 a.m.
last updated by
Piotr Turowski, April 19, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Kaskal 18 (2021), 127-157