Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3199
- Museum No.
- AO 06788
- Primary Publication
- TCL 13 152
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P387217
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Places mentioned on Tablet
- Babylon city
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cam. 02-I-12
- Date BCE
- 06/04/528
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 3 g
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Summons (adi ... abāku, alāku)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Personnel management and labor allocation
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Navico
Content
- Paraphrase
Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibi, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overserr (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) gives order to Etellu/Zēria, Mukkēa/Innin-zēru-ušabši, Šulāya/Sîn-nādin-šumi, Nāˀid-Ištar/Arad-Innin, Innin-aḫḫē-iddin/innin-šumu-uṣur, Nādinu/Innin-šumu-ibni, Nanāya-ēreš/Mukkēa, Agria/Nabû-dalā, Kudurrānu/Libluṭ, and Sukkāya/Nanāya-ēreš, all of whom plowmen (ikkaru) and oblates (širku) who Gubāru (G), Governor (paḫātu) of Babylon and Aross-the-River (eber-nāri) appointed (paqādu) as heads of plowteams (rab epinni) in charge of temple plows.
They will appoint their brothers, sons, workers, or whoever is fit for guard duty to guard (naṣāru) the grain(, in their stead), and on m.I d.25, they are to go to Babylon, on pain of punishment (ḫīṭu) of G.
4 witnesses, and the scribe Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Stipulations regarding the dispatch of temple-serfs to Babylon and their replacement during their absence.
The tablet lays out the orders given by A1, the temple administrator (šatammu), and A2, the courtier and royal supervisor (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna to B1–10, the ploughmen (ikkaru) and temple-serfs (širku), all of whom C, the governor (pīhātu) of Babylon and Across-the-river appointed (paqādu) as chiefs of ploughmen (rab epinni) in charge (ina muhhi) over the temple ploughs.
B1–10 are to go (alāku) to Babylon on (adi) the 25th of Nisan (I). Otherwise, they will bear (šadādu) the punishment (hīṭu) of C, the governor of Babylon and Across-the-river. During this time, B1–10 will assign (paqādu) their brothers, sons, and workmen, whoever is fit (ṭābu) for guard duty (maṣṣartu), to guard (naṣāru) the grain (while they are away).*
Names of 4 witnesses and a scribe.
* In the text itself, the order to assign the guards precedes the order to go to Babylon.
A1= Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādin/Dābibī, temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna; A2= Nabû-ahu-iddin, courtier and royal supervisor (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna; B1-10 are all ploughmen (ikkaru), temple-serfs (širku), and chiefs of ploughmen (rab epinni): B1= Etellu/Zēria; B2= Mukkēa/Innin-zēru-šubši; B3= Šulāya/Sîn-nādin-šumi; B4= Nāˀid-Ištar/Arad-Innin; B5= Innin-ahhē-iddin/Innin-šumu-uṣur; B6= Nādin/Innin-šumu-ibni; B7= Nanāya-ēreš/Mukkēa; B8= Agria/Nabû-dalā; B9= Kudurrānu/Libluṭ; B10= Sukkāya/Nanāya-ēreš; C= Gūbaru, governor (pīhātu) of Babylon and Across-the-river
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
- last updated by
- Matthias Adelhofer, April 7, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (07/09/2023)
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Moore, NBBAD (1935)