Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3124
Museum No.
PTS 2073
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Uruk city
Type and Content
Leases
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Kozuh 2014

Content

Paraphrase

Herding contract between the temple and two herdsmen for sheep and goats

The tablets lays out the terms of a herding contract between the Eanna temple and two brothers, A1 and A2.

A1 and A2 will jointly (ahāmešshepherd (re’û, wr. [i-ri]-ˀ-ú) the sheep and goats (ṣēnu) of the Lady-of-Uruk that are in the city of Tagritenu.

The next few terms are fragmentary: Whatever they will jointly … do … of … debited …jointly do/perform (itti ahāmeš epēšu). Each is responsible for the other (ištēn pūtu šanû našû). They will collect the tithe (ešru) of the crown prince together, according to a previous debt note (uˀiltu) drawn up against them by the temple.

Names of 4–5 witnesses and the scribe.

A1= Nanāya-ahu-iddin/Lâqīp, brother of A2; A2= Nabû-nāṣir/Lâqīp, brother of A1.

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbn. 09-[x]-4

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (11/09/2023)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
None