Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3127
- Museum No.
- YBC 03774
- CDLI P-Identifier
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Type and Content
- Statements in court/Deposition
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Dossier
- None
- Period
- Each
- Year BCE
- None
- Editio princeps
- YOS 7
Content
- Paraphrase
Testimony regarding the unjustified removal of temple’s livestock.
The tablet records what A reported to the temple authorities about mistreatment of Eanna’s livestock.
A testifies (qabû) before (ana) B1, the temple administrator (šatammu) and B2, royal supervisor of the Eanna (bēl piqitti ša Eanna) that C took away (abāku) 50 adult (rabû) star-branded (sheep). The animals were taken from the sheep and goats (ṣēnu) of Eanna that are under the responsibility (ina pāni) of the (unnamed) sons of D and (legitimately) entrusted (ana paqdu paqādu) by E to the two brothers F1 and F2.
Names of 4 witnesses and the scribe.
A= Ili-dannu-ahhēšu-ibni/Šalti-ili; B1= Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Nādin//Dābibī, temple administrator (šatammu); B2= Nabû-ahu-iddin, royal supervisor of the Eanna (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti Eanna); C= Nabû-bēlšunu; D= Ea-ušallim; E= Ibni-Ištar/Šumu-ukīn; F1= Nabû-bēlšunu/Nabû-šumu-ukīn, brother of F2; F2= Lâbâši/Nabû-šumu-ukīn, brother of F1
- Transliteration
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cyr. 01-III-4
further information
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (07/09/2023)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- None