Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
7755
Museum No.
AO 08572
Primary Publication
TCL 13 233
CDLI P-Identifier
P387296
Place of issue
No place
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 8-mm-dd
Inferred date
According to the City Governor, probably Cyrus (could also by Cambyses)

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
4 i
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Administrative receipt ((ina qātē) maḫir; eṭir; also 'no verb')
Transaction Type
multiple transactions
Domain (Eanna)
Storehouse management and allocation of miscellaneous goods
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

The list records various items, sesame, silver, garments sheep, fowl, iron, linen, wool, being received and issued. For most entries silver prices are being recorded:

Sesame for a qullupu-cake from(?) Līširu

Ceremonial garments for the goddesses in the perfumers' workhsop (bīt ḫilṣi) from(?) Nādinu

9 minas of silver for 190 sheep given (nadānu) by Imbia (I), the City Governor (šākin ṭemi) to the temple.

Silver as a house price that Iqīša/Nanāya-iddin received (maḫārum) out of the treasury given by I

Silver for ṣipirtu stones received from I

chickens from Iddināya

Sheep of Innin-šumu-iškun/Gimillu, brought by Iltameš-ukīn, are at the disposal (ina pāni) of Balāṭu (B) for the regular offerings (ginû)

Kids for Nabû-mušētiq-uddi and Ištar-ahhē-erība, brought by B

Linen for Dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni (Dai), a launderer

Ištar-lūmur in broken context

In more broken context, meals, oil, emmer are mentioned

Iron at the disposal of Nidintu, a blacksmith

A goose carcass from Dai 

Silver at the disposal of Bel-iddin, a weaver

A broken entry about the price of wool mentioning Adad-[...], Bēl-gimlanni, Innin-zēru-ibni


Further Information

created by
Matthias Adelhofer, April 27, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
last updated by
Matthias Adelhofer, April 27, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Moore, NBBAD (1935)