Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3132
- Museum No.
- YBC 03946
- Primary Publication
- YOS 6 079
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P305258
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Nbn. 05-XII-8
- Date BCE
- 14/03/550
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 1 b
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Statement (qabû)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
Testimony regarding the temple-oblate status of a sold slave woman.
The tablet records a deposition made before 7 freemen (mār banê):
Nabû-šarru-uṣur, the Royal Overseer of Eanna (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti), Gabbi-ilī-šarru-uṣur, Royal Resident (qīpu) of Eanna; Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Nabû-ēṭir-napšāti//Bābūtu; Šullum/Aḫulapia//Egibi; Rēmūtu-Bēl/Nabû-zēru-iddin//Atkuppu; Balāssu/Rēmūtu//Ileˀi-Marduk; Apkallu//Nergal-nāṣir//Išparu;
Bēl-uballiṭ/Mušallim-Marduk//Gimil-Nanāya testifies (qabû) concerning (f)Ḫuzaziti (H), a slave woman (qallatu) belonging to Ina-tēšê-ēṭir/Mušallim-Marduk//Gimil-Nanāya (ITE), his brother. He states that ITE placed (nadû) a star (kakkabtu) and a mark (arratu) on H’s hand (rittu) and dedicated her as temple-oblate (ana širkūti nadānu) to (ana) the Lady-of-Uruk. However, she was subsequently (illegally) sold (ana kaspi nadānu) to Ibnāya/Nabû-ēṭer. The text does not specify by whom.
no witnesses recorded, the scribe: Innin-mukīn-apli/Zēria
Duplicate of YOS 6 80
Note:
Bēl-uballiṭ/Mušallim-Marduk//Gimil-Nanāya may be identical with the Elder Brother mentioned in YOS 6 77.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Testimony regarding the temple-serf status of a sold slave-woman.
The tablet presents a deposition that was made before 7 freemen (mār banê), A1–7.
B testifies (qabû) regarding fC, a slave-woman (qallatu) of D, his brother. He states that D placed (nadû) a star (kakkabtu) and a mark (arratu) on fC’s hand (rittu) and dedicated her as temple-serf (ana širkūti nadānu) to (ana) the Lady-of-Uruk. However, she was subsequently (illegally) sold (ana kaspi nadānu) to E. The text does not specify by whom.
7 witnesses and no scribe
A1–7 are all freemen (mār banê): A1= Nabû-šarru-uṣur, courtier (ša rēš šarri) and supervisor (bēl piqitti) of Eanna; A2= Gabbi-ilī-šarru-uṣur, royal resident (qīpu) of Eanna; A3= Nabû-šumu-ukīn/Nabû-ēṭir-napšāti//Babūtu; A4= Šullum/Ahulapia//Egibi; A5= Rēmūt-Bēl/Nabû-zēru-iddin//Atkuppu; A6= Balāssu/Rēmūt//Ileˀi-Marduk; A7= Apkallu//Nergal-nāṣir//Išparu; B= Nabû-uballiṭ/Ušallim-Marduk//Gimil-Nanāya, brother of D; fC= fHuzaziti; D= Ina-tēšê-ēṭir/ušallim-Marduk//Gimil-Nanāya, brother of A; E= Ibnāya/Nabû-ēṭer
Further Information
- last updated by
- Marie Young, Feb. 16, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (11/09/2023)
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- YOS 6