Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
973
Museum No.
NBC 01197
Primary Publication
BIN 1 159
CDLI P-Identifier
P297111
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Bīt-Zabūnu
Hudada
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Neo-Babylonian
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Kan. yy---dd
Date BCE
640

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
8 b
Text Form
List (various verbs, or also no verb)
Legal Purpose
Cadaster (...)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Agriculture
Format of the tablet
portrait

Content

Paraphrase

Land from (tp)Bīt-Zabûnu to (tp)Ḫumelātu is at the disposal of 32 chiefs of fifty (rab ḫanšê):

Marduk-ēreš/Nabû-ušallim; Bēl-rība/Lâbāši; Marduk-šumu-iddin/Nergal-ibni; Marduk-šumu-iddin/Nergal-ibni; Aḫḫēšā/Zēru-iddin; Ina-tēšî-ēṭir/Nabû-aḫu-ēreš; Bēl-šumu-iškun/Šulāya; Šullumu/Balāssu; Nergal-īpuš/Bēl-zēri; Bēl-šumu-iškun/Kalūmu; Šumāya/Zību; Gilû/Šumu-ukīn; Nabû-zēru-ušabši/Nabû-ile''i; Na'id-Marduk/X-KAM-PAP; Mukīn-zēri/Zabidāya

(tp)Ḫudada: Mukīn-zēri/Nanāya-uballiṭ; Marduk-nāṣir/Bēl-šumu-iškun; Bēl-šumu-iškun/Nabû-iddin; Marduk-bēl-ilāni/Nabû-šullim-rēmūt-šarri; Ḫuši-ili/Nergal-ibni; Bēl-ibni/ŠÁ-GUR; Šumāya/Zabūnu; Mukīn-šumi/Nabû-libši; Šamaš-erība/Šāpik

(tp)Saḫīru canal (Nār-saḫīri): Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Bēl-usâtu; Balāssu/Bān-šamšu; Nabû-ēṭir/Ukumu; Kurigalzu/Nergal-ibni; Aplāya/Nabû-ušēzib; Amīl-Nabû/Balāssu; Iddin-Marduk/Bēl-ēṭir; Bēl-īpuš/Ērišu; Nabû-libši/Zimāya; Kudurru/Balāssu; Bēl-šumu-iškun/Kalūmu; Bēl-aḫḫē-iddin/Zēru-iddin

(tp)Bīt-Aḫḫēšaya/Nanāya-ṣullî-rēmūt-šarri: Šumāya/Zību

Colophon: the tablet was written by Nergal-ina-tēšî-ēṭir/Marduk-šākin-šumi//Sîn-leqe-unnīni.

Legacy Paraphrase

Administrative document concerning the distribution of land: Land (eqlu) in the open country (ṣēru), parcels of land (zu’uzu) of overseers (paqdu) which reach from the top of Bīt-Zabūnu to humelāti (mng. unknown), are at the disposal of 32 officials in charge of hanšû-land (rab hanšê). According to the colophon, the tablet was written by Nergal-ina-tēšî-ēṭir /Marduk-šākin-šumi//Sîn-leqe-unninī.


Further Information

Type and Content
Multiple (list)
last updated by
Matthias Adelhofer, July 21, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
Imported (Person, Date)
Melanie Gross (26/05/2016)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
5677