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.

testifies (qabû) before (anaB1, 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