NBC 04891 (P297913)
Administrative, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | NBC 04891 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297913 |
| Museum no. | NBC 04891 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 19 | (In) Arasamna the 9th day |
| reverse 28' | sesame, Innin-umu-uur, the oil-presser, (is) the guarantor |
| reverse 46' | 3..., Nidinti and Banaya, sons of Nr-ea |
| reverse 27' | ... in the harvest of...... |
| reverse 36' | for the work before Iddinaya, ironsmith |
| reverse 45' | 15 kalum sheep(s), of Nanaya-iddin, descendant of Abi-ken |
| reverse 31' | x+1 pnu 5 ban2 in the sesame of muttaqu of month IX: Nadin |
| reverse 32' | 1 ban2 of maka-ati: Nidinti, |
| reverse 38' | to renovate |
| obverse 24 | ...... to... |
| reverse 43' | On the 1st of Kislimu, in the hands of ama-arru, son of Ina-tei-eir |
| reverse 44' | To Issar-mukn-apli the ubul |
| obverse 23 | ... sheep of the chief of the goats of Nanaya- |
| obverse 12 | 2 kurru of dates, akkasu-plant, in his aartu-plant. |
| obverse 6 | of his own in the extispicy of month IX Dannu-ahheudu |
| reverse 33' | 1 ban2 of rikuu-silver: bronze of month VII, Nabû-umu-uur |
| reverse 37' | 1 ox, 30 grains, in the reed of Talim, son of Bl-Itar |
| obverse 2 | of the wall of Babylon, from Nanaya-iddin, son of Bel-iqia. |
| reverse 39' | 6 kurru 1 seah of sesame from the hand of Guzanu, the messenger of the atammu from the steppe... |
| obverse 21 | x sheep, ditto of ama-zer-uabi, son of Nergal-um-ukin-zau |
| obverse 9 | to renovate |
| obverse 14 | Nanaya-iddin, son of Itar-ahhe-iddin, the scribe. |
| obverse 20 | x sheep... of ama-zer-ibni, descendant of Tabnea |
| reverse 34' | Month Marchesvan (VIII), 11th day |
| reverse 41' | 1 mina 16 12 shekels of silver by the (mina) of the 30 merchants |
| obverse 5 | 3 kurru of barley, |
| obverse 1 | 2 1/2 minas of silver by the minas of the troops |
| obverse 18 | Total: 6 kurru of dates, erû-offerings of Sin-ere, son of Nabû-umu-lir. |
| obverse 4 | (and) 1 pnu 4 ban2 of barley for the kisstu-offering of Dannu-au-ibni |
| obverse 17 | 2 pnu 3 seahs ditto, iria, son of akin-umi |
| obverse 13 | Nidinti, son of Bl-Issar |
| reverse 47' | Total: 18 to the urub. |
| reverse 35' | 3 13 minas of iron, 1 nahiptu(?) of Remut-ili, the man on the wall(?) |
| reverse 42' | The guard of the house will keep watch. |
| obverse 7 | 16 kalu-sheep, son of the year of Itar-mukin-apli, son of Bana |
| reverse 29' | ... of 8 eeu-sheep, which is from |
| obverse 3 | to the guarantor of the missing property |
| obverse 15 | 1 kurru ditto, Urda-ilu’a, the leatherworker |
| obverse 22 | x sheep, ditto of Kiribtu, son of Nabû-zeru-uabi. |
| obverse 8 | 7 kalum-sheep, son of amamanu, descendant of Iri-Nabu |
| reverse 40' | 4 kurru 2 ban2 5 sila3 of sesame in the hands of..., Ir-Bel(?) |
| obverse 10 | (In) Arasamna (Month VIII), day 6, day 7, day 8, year 3 |
| obverse 11 | 2 12 talents, ubtu-offerings of Nanaya-iddin; |
| obverse 16 | ... 2 pnu 3 ban2 in his mashartu-festival Innin-umu-uur, son of Gimil-Ninurta |
| reverse 30' | On the xth of Ululu until the end of Kislimu um-Bel has contracted and bought for 1 pnu 2 seahs of barley. |
| reverse 26' | ... who entered the gate |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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