YBC 08856

Letter by a broken sender to a broken recipient, “his brother”, about barley. He answers a previous message about barley from the arrears of plowmen, asking why they should receive (maḫāru) the arrears which are with Nabû-aḫḫē-[…] and Nabû-šadûnu, but release arrears from the current year to these plowmen. He then replies to a complaint in a message by the recipient about expenses (gimru) for barley from (tp)Šingu being too high, informing the recipient that the barley which is nearby will go upstream to the Eanna, while the recipient should give barley which is further away for seeding. He also replies to an inquiry about a ship and some men made by the recipient, swearing that the sender definitely requested people to be sent to the river bank, but did not receive an because Nabû-aḫu-iddin (Royal Overseer, ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) had already led away the people who were near the men the sender asked, and because Amurru-šarru-uṣur (/Talīmu, royal Aramaic scribe, sēpiru ša šarri and Royal Courtier Appointed to Eanna, ša rēš šarri ša ina Eanna paqdu) gave a written order about the men which had been sent to the river. After a break in the text, the sender assures the recipient that he will inspect ships and send them and also states that he sent Ardiya/Eanna-šumu-ibni (scribe, ṭupšarru) […] with Nādinu to the recipient.