Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3194
- Museum No.
- YBC 03872
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 060
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P305230
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cyr. 06-VIII-10
- Date BCE
- 23/10/533
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 3 c
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Summons (adi ... abāku, alāku)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
By the 10th day of m.XII Dayyān-Marduk/Nabû-bān-aḫi//Balāṭu (DM) shall bring (abāku) (f)Lā-tubašinni, oblate of the Lady of Uruk, wife of DMʼs slave (qallu) Bēl-abu-uṣur, and her children to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, in order to give them to Eanna. Else, DM has to give the slaves and a quit rent (mandattu) to the Lady of Uruk.
3 witnesses.
Scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Obligation to deliver temple-serfs to the temple. Penalty in case of default.
A is to bring (abāku) fB, a female temple-serf (širkātu) of the Lady-of-Uruk, and her sons to (ina) the temple (Eanna) and hand them over (nadānu) to (ana) C1, the temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna, and C2, the courtier and royal supervisor (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna on the 10 of Addar (XII) 6 Cyr. fB was A’s slave (qallu) and is married to D.
If A won’t deliver them, he will pay the quitrent (mandattu) to the Lady-of-Uruk.
Names of 3 witnesses and a scribe.
A= Dayyān-Marduk/Nabû-bān-ahi//Balāṭu; fB= fLubašinni, wife of D; C1= Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādin/Dābibī, temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna; C2= Nabû-ahu-iddin, courtier and royal supervisor (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna; D = Bēl-abu-uṣur, husband of fA and the slave of A.
Legacy paraphrase 2
Injunction of Dayyān-Marduk/Nabû-bān-aḫi//Balāṭu. He has four months to hand over La-tubāšinni, a temple oblate (širkatu) and wife of Dayyān-Marduk’s slave Bēl-abu-uṣur, and their children to Nidinti-Bēl/Nabû-mukīn-apli//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna. If he does not, he not only has to hand them over, but also pay a compensation (mandattu) for every day they work for him. Three witnesses and Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin, the scribe.
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
- last updated by
- Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 3 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (07/09/2023)
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Dougherty 1923