Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 8651
- Museum No.
- PTS 2000
- Primary Publication
- dubsar 3 26
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P470097
- Place of issue
- No place
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- XXX. yy-mm-dd
- Inferred date
- possibly late Npl to early Nbk II = ca. 615-595 BCE (based on prosopography, see dubsar 3: 259)
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 11 a
- Text Form
- Letter (e.g. ṭuppi PN ana PN)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Storehouse management and allocation of staples
- Format of the tablet
- portrait
Content
- Paraphrase
Letter of Bēl-iddin (BI) and his men (nišī qātē) to the Royal Resident (qīpu), the High Priest (šatammu) and the Temple Scribe (ṭupšar bīti), “their lords”, quoting a previous message by the recipients about not using silver (qātu nadû) as long as they agree (pānu banû). The senders now complain that they are perishing without cloths (muṣiptu), that they have nothing at their disposal and cannot do anything, explicitly stating that they are angry (pānu ba'āšu). They ask that the recipients settle the account and send them their full allowances (kurummatu). In return, the senders state that they are looking after the recipients’ service (maṣṣartu) and assure the recipients of their respect for them. In closing, BI informs the recipients that he owes a lot of silver for gifts (nūptu) he received from tribal leaders (nasīku).
Further Information
- created by
- Martina Schmidl, Sept. 7, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
- last updated by
- Martina Schmidl, Sept. 8, 2026, 1:23 p.m.