YBC 04173

The obverse shows a list of payments in silver and kind, (issued) to several persons for allowances (kurummatu) and other purposes:

10 shekels of silver for 12;0 dates as the allowances of the fatteners (mu-<šá>-kil) of cattle and sheep (to) Bēl-gimilanni, Keeper of the Royal Box (in Eanna) (ša muḫḫi quppi); 2 shekels of silver for 2;2 dates as the allowances(?) (to) Šamaš-iqīša and Nanāya-iddin, carriers of the royal shares in the offerings (ša kurummat šarri); 1 male sheep for 6 shekels of silver (to) Sūqāya/Balāṭu; (and) 1 male sheep for the fattening shed (urê).

A total of 2 minas and 16 shekels of silver was sent via (ina qātē) Šamaš-udammiq/Ina-tēšî-ēṭir to Balāṭu, chief of oblates (rab širki), for allowances: 50 shekels for 50 plowmen (ikkaru); 1 mina for 30 oblates in Babylon; 13 shekels for 13 royal cattle fatteners (mušākil alpi ša šarri); (and) 13 shekels for 13 workers at the storehouse (bīt qātē).

2 shekels of silver for 2;2 dates (to) Dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni, runner (musaḫḫiru), for his allowances; 2 shekels of silver for 2;2 dates (to) IGI.DU-aḫu-iddin, runner, for his allowances; 2 shekels of silver for (travel) provisions (ṣidītu) for [...], who [...] to Babylon; 2 minas of wool (to) [...] for his allowances; (and another) 2 minas of wool (to) [...] for his allowances.

The reverse shows a list of aromatic substances for the perfumersʼ workshop (bīt ḫilṣi) and other expenses:

(To) Kīnāya/Ištar-aḫu-iddin: 1 mina of a[...]-substance (myrtle, asu?), 1 mina of aromatic resin (šimeššalû), 1 mina of sweet reed (qanû ṭābu), 1 mina of galbanum (ḫalbānatu), 1 mina of murru-aromatic, 1 mina of bdellium, 1 mina of ladnu-aromatic, 1 mina of spice-plant (ṣumlalû), 0.5 mina of hemp (qunnabu), 1/3 shekel of blue wool (takiltu), 1 talent of wool, sent on the 24th day of m.VI in year 1 via (ina qātē) Nabû-nāṣir-apli/Gimillu, who is in ... (ud é ra) to (prevent?) interruptions in the offering cycle (baṭlu), (and) 30 minas of wool for yarn for the perfumersʼs workshop. According to an addition written on the left edge, (the same?) Kīnāya, City Priest (šangû; spelled: lú.e?.bar or lú.sanga?!) of the perfumersʼ workshop, also received 1/3 (mina) and 3 shekels of wax, 1 shekel dāmātu-paste, (and) 1/3 mina blue wool.

2;0 barley (to) Šamaš-udammiq, summoner (dēkû), for his allowances; 0.5 mina silver from the silver that the (Elder) Brother (? aḫu rabû?; lit.: lú.šeš) has withdrawn from Eanna, (and sent?) via Nabû-ēṭir/Balāssu (to) Nidintu/Dummuqu for the allowances of the workers at the wall of Babylon; (and) 10 minas of iron (to) Kīnāya/Bēl-aḫḫē-iddin at the outpost (kādu) for making iron lances (azmarû).

In the date form, the name of the king is not given, and 3 days are mentioned (22nd, 23rd, and 24th of m.VI). Based on the incumbency of Bēl-gimilanni/Madānu-ēreš, this text dates to early Achaemenid times; see Kleber 2008: 37. Kīnāya, City Priest of the perfumer’s workshop, is also mentioned in AO 08567.