Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 8690
- Museum No.
- BM 118097
- Primary Publication
- dubsar 3 61
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P550744
- Place of issue
- No place
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Nbk. yy-mm-dd
- Inferred date
- Nbk II Acc-7 = 605-597 BCE (based on prosopography, see dubsar 3: 300)
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 11 a
- Text Form
- Letter (e.g. ṭuppi PN ana PN)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Second-order accounting
- True
- Domain (Eanna)
- Cult and pertinent craft production
- Format of the tablet
- portrait
Content
- Paraphrase
Letter by the king (Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur = Nebuchadnezzar II) to Nabû-nādin-šumi (/Bēl-šumu-iškun//Dābibī, High Priest, šatammu) (no appellation), confirming that the received his message about Šamaš-bān-aḫi and reminding the recipient not to be negligent (lā šelû) about the service (maṣṣartu) of the Eanna, the temple of the sender’s gods, and to sacrifice fine bread, fine beer and fattened sheep. In closing, he tells the recipient to take care of the temple service (maṣṣartu) and to pray for him (the king) to the Babylonian main deities.
Further Information
- created by
- Martina Schmidl, Sept. 8, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
- last updated by
- Martina Schmidl, Sept. 8, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Jursa 2014b
- YOS 21