NCBT 00185

The obverse shows a list of aromatic substances (rīqu) for the holy water vessel (agubbû) for a whole year, issued (nadānu) to Zēria//Balāṭu (Z):

1 mina each of cedar-wood (erēnu), cypress-wood (šurmēnu), (seeds of?) myrtle (asu, lit.: še.gír), aromatic resin(?) (šimeššalû ?), sweet reed (qanû ṭābu), ballukku-plant, (and) juniper(?) (burāšu? or: syrup, dišpu); 0;0.2 sesame [...] 0;0.0.1[+x?] ghee (? ḫimētu?, lit.: ì.giš?.nun) [...] salt(?), 2 minas of sulphur (kibrītu, lit.: kib-íd), [...] potash (uḫūlu), (and) 2 minas of gypsum.

The reverse shows a receipt written upside down: 2[+x?] ¼ shekels of silver, the price of ..., are at the disposal (ina pāni) of Z. This includes 1.5 shekels of silver, which Z has delivered (maḫāru) to the treasury for (buying) 0;0.2 potash for the holy water vessel from the 10th until the 29th year (of Nbk.). 0;0.2 potash have been paid (to) Z.

Restorations based on NCBT 00169. Zēria//Balāṭu is most likely the father of Nabû-aḫḫē-bulliṭ/Zēria//Balāṭu from NCBT 00169. The date is given both on the reverse of the tablet and in the heading of the obverse.