Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3211
Museum No.
YBC 07418
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Uruk city
Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
YOS 7

Content

Paraphrase

Summon of a man to Babylon and guarantee for his arrival at the set date. Penalty at default.

A1* and A2* guarantee (pūtu našû) to B, the temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna, that C* will go to (alāku) Babylon in Dûzu (IV, i.e. this month) and stand before (ana pāniD.

If C won’t go, A1 and A2 will bear the punishment of (hīṭu šaE, the governor (pīhātu) of Babylon and Across-the-river.

Names of 4 witnesses and a scribe.

* A1 and C are brothers. A2 is probably their cousin.

A1= Kidin-Marduk/Nabû-šumu-ukīn//Eṭēru; A2= Bēl-iddin/Iqīša-Marduk//Eṭēru; B= Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādin/Dābibī, temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna; C= Ileˀi-Marduk/Nabû-šumu-ukīn//Eṭēru; D= Nabūgu; E= Gūbaru, governor (pīhātu) of Babylon and Across-the-river

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 05-IV-8

further information

Imported (Person, Date)
Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (07/09/2023)
Legacy NaBuCCo ID
None