Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3201
- Museum No.
- NBC 01184
- Primary Publication
- BIN 1 169
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P291531
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk city
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cam. 0a-IX-17
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 3 f
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Injunction ((lā /ul) … VERB (present form))
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Personnel management and labor allocation
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Navico
- Oblate/Slave Descriptor
- oblate
Content
- Paraphrase
Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Resident (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, spoke (qabû) the following in front of a group of free men (mār banî) to Šamaš-aḫu-iddin/Šamaš-šumu-iddin//Qurdi-Anu (ŠAI) and Ea-kurbanni/Nabû-ēṭir-napšāti//Ea-kurbanni (EK), policemen (paqūdu) of Uruk:
“When you stand guard in Eanna, levy (dekû) the oblates (širku) so that they may stand guard with you.“
ŠAI and EK replied: “We will not stand guard in Eanna, and we will not levy the oblates.”
If the oblates are levied for the watch of the city center, they (mng. ŠAI and EK) will bear the penalty of Gubaru, governor (pīḫātu) of Babylon and (tp)Across-the-River (eber nāri) (ḫīṭu clause).
The 8 free men are: Iltameš-idrī, Royal Resident (qīpu) of Larsa; Silim-ilī, Keeper of the Royal Box (ša muḫḫi quppi); Arad-Marduk/Zēria//Egibi; Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Bēl-uballiṭ//Pūṣu; Nabû-bēlšunu/Nādinu//Aḫūtu; Nabû-bēlšunu/Bēl-aḫu-ušabši//Amīl-Ea; Mušēzib-Bēl/Balāssu//Amīl-Ea; Ištar-zēru-ibni/Bēl-iqbi//Ḫanāpu.
The scribe is Širikti-Kusu/Balāṭu, in Uruk.
Note: For Iltameš-idrī = WSem. Śameš-ˁidrī and the variant spellings of the name see Beaulieu 1991 (Or 60), p.78-79.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Obligation to levy temple-serfs for guard duty in the temple. Penalty in case of default.
The tablet first lists the 8 freemen (mār banê), D1–8, in whose presence (ina pāni) A1, the temple administrator (šatammu), and A2, the courtier (ša rēš šarri) and royal supervisor (rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, spoke to B1 and B2, the officers (paqūdu)* of Uruk.
A1 and A2 order B1 and B2 that they are to levy (dekû) the temple-serfs (širku) so they may join B1 and B2 in their guard duty (maṣṣartu) of the Eanna temple.
In reply, B1 and B2 state that they will neither guard the Eanna temple nor levy the temple-serfs.
The tablet concludes that if temple-serfs will be levied to guard the city centre (qablu āli) (rather than the temple), B1 and B2 will bear (šadādu) the punishment (hīṭu) of C, the governor (pīhātu) of Babylon and Across-the-river.
Name of the scribe (the names of the witnesses, the freemen, are listed at the top).
* On the paqūdu, see Pirngruber, R. (with a contribution by T. Tost). “Police Forces in First Millennium BC Babylonia and Beyond”, KASKAL 10, 2013, 39–88.
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= Šamaš-ahu-iddin/Šamaš-šumu-iddin//Qurdi-Anu; B2= Ea-Kurbanni/Nabû-ēṭer-napšāti//Ea-kurbanni; C= Gūbaru, governor (pīhātu) of Babylon and Across-the-river; D1= Iltameš-idri (=Śameš-ˁidrī), the royal resident (qīpu) of Larsa, a mār banê; D2= Silim-ili, the official in charge of the cashbox (ša muhhi quppi), a mār banê; D3= Arad-Marduk/Zēria/Egibi, a mār banê; D4= Marduk-šumu-uṣur/Bēl-uballiṭ//Pūṣu, a mār banê; D5= Nabû-bēlšunu/Nādin//Ahūtu, a mār banê; D6= Nabû-bēlšunu/Bēl-ahu-šubši//Amīl-Ea, a mār banê; D7= Mušēzib-Bēl/Balāssu//Amīl-Ea, a mār banê; D8= Ištar-zēru-ukīn/Bēl-iqbi//Ḫanāpu, a mār banê;
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
- last updated by
- Dylan Schimek, Oct. 6, 2026, 9:40 a.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (07/09/2023)
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Dougherty 1923
- RA 16 (1919), 111-114
- Ragen 2006