Nebuchadnezzar II and the temple ledgers

Nebuchadnezzar II. The same institution speaks for the god and audits the barley.

Geometry, Pride: A reading: the priest certifies the ledger and the ledger the priest. A check of yourself always reads perfect.

In plain words

Under Nebuchadnezzar II the same temple speaks for the god and audits the barley: a closed loop, the priest vouching for the ledger and the ledger for the priest, and no one outside able to check either.

The mechanism

THE UN-ACCUSABLE SEAT — the priest certifies the ledger, the ledger certifies the priest, and nobody outside can check either one

How it was checked

• EvidenceT6 PHYSICAL / MANUSCRIPT; Status: COMMITTED; a capture
• Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
• Plate — Cuneiform tablet recording a silver payment, Ebabbar temple archive, Sippar · Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Record_of_expenditures_of_silver_-_Ebabbar_archive.jpg
• SourcesARCHAEOLOGY — surviving temple account tablets from three named temples