Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 8141
- Museum No.
- NCBT 00058
- Primary Publication
- ZA 83 (1993), 66-87 p. 77f.
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P302111
- Place of issue
- No place
- Regional setting
- Larsa
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cam. yy-mm-dd
- Inferred date
- Camb Acc-4 = 530-526 BCE (based on prosopography)
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 11 a
- Text Form
- Letter (e.g. ṭuppi PN ana PN)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Formatting remarks
- Only half of the reverse is inscribed.
- Format of the tablet
- portrait
Content
- Paraphrase
Letter of Śameš-ˁidrī (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 fathers”, acknowledging that he has been informed about the length of the month (29 days) and requesting the necessary goods as well as a weaver and a washerman (ašlāku) for the ceremonial robing (labāšu) of Šamaš on the 15th day.
Further Information
- created by
- Martina Schmidl, June 2, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
- last updated by
- Martina Schmidl, June 2, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Schmidl 2019 (unpublished PhD diss.)
- ZA 83 (1993), 66-87