Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 8139
- Museum No.
- YBC 03583
- Primary Publication
- YOS 3 089
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P305014
- Place of issue
- No place
- Regional setting
- Larsa
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy-mm-dd
- Inferred date
- Nbn 17-Cyr 9 = 539-530 BCE (based on prosopography)
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 11 a
- Text Form
- Letter (e.g. ṭuppi PN ana PN)
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Formatting remarks
- The reverse shows distinct partial imprints of fingers. Only half of it is inscribed.
- Format of the tablet
- portrait
Content
- Paraphrase
Letter of Nādin-aḫi (Royal Supervisor of the Ebabbar of Larsa, qīpu) to the High Priest (of Eanna, šatammu) and Nabû-aḫu-iddin (Royal Overseer, ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti), “his brothers”, requesting syrup (dišpu) and ghee (ḫimētu) as well as raisins and leather items for a procession of Šamaš. He also requests a small amount of good oil for anointing a canopy (giš.šamû).
Further Information
- created by
- Martina Schmidl, June 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
- last updated by
- Martina Schmidl, June 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Ebeling 1930-1934 (NBrU)
- Or 60 (1991), 58-81
- Schmidl 2019 (unpublished PhD diss.)