Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
8145
Museum No.
NCBT 00048
Primary Publication
YOS 21 141
CDLI P-Identifier
P302101
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
The handwriting presents conspicuously large signs. The reverse is mostly destroyed, but was possibly not fully inscribed. The lower edge is empty.
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”, requesting wine for the regular offering.


Further Information

created by
Martina Schmidl, June 2, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
last updated by
Martina Schmidl, June 2, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Or 60 (1991), 58-81
Schmidl 2019 (unpublished PhD diss.)