YBC 03715

Beginning (ultu) on Nbk 40.X.1, Nanāya-iddin/Amīl-Nanāya, Innin-šumu-uṣur/Nanāya-iddin, Amīl-Nanaya/Šullumāya, Nanāya-iddin/(f)Nanāya-reṣûni, a novice oblate (zakītu), and Šamaš-iddin/Bušāya – a total of 5 bleachers (pūṣāyu) – will annually make (epēšu) 5 curtains (gadalalû) for the gate(s) of the cella(s) (papāḫu) of the Lady-of-Uruk, Nanāya, Uṣur-amāssu, Gula and IGI.DU … of the cords (guḫalṣu) and necklace (kišādu) …s of the entire year, and they will deliver (them) (nadānu) to Eanna. No one shall remove (abāku) them from their work (dullu) for other work. They shall withdraw (našû) their food allocations (kurummatu) half in barley and half in dates from Eanna.

4 witnesses (and) the scribe Ištar-mukīn-apli/Zēria.

Obligation of five launderers to manufacture and deliver curtains to the temple against the payment of rations in naturalia

The tablet lays out the obligations imposed by the Eanna temple on 5 launderers (pūṣāya):

A1, A2 (A1’s son), A3 (A1’s father), A4, and A5.

Starting on the 1st of Ṭebēt (X) 40 Nbk, A1–5 will annually make (epēšu) and deliver (nadānu) to Eanna 5 curtains (gadalû) for the gate(s) (bābu) of the cella(s) (bīt papāhu) of the Lady-of-Uruk, Nanāya, Uṣur-amāssu, Gula, and Nergal (dIGI.DU) … (uncl.) of the cords (guhaṣṣu) and neck(lace) (kišādu) …s (uncl.) of the entire year. They shall withdraw (našû) their rations from Eanna half in barley and half in dates.

Names of 4 witnesses (B1–4) and a scribe (C).

* For similar contracts see GC 1,412 and PTS 3053.

A1= Nanāya-iddin/Amīl-Nanāya (= A3), father of A2, launderer (pūṣāya), known as temple-serf, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 188; A2= Innin-šumu-uṣur/Nanāya-iddin (= A1), launderer (pūṣāya), see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 172; A3= Amīl-Nanāya/Šullumāya, launderer (pūṣāya), father of A1, see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 155f.; A4= Nanāya-iddin/fNanāya-rēṣûni (a zakītu-woman), launderer (pūṣāya), see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 188; A5= Šamaš-iddin/Bušāya, launderer (pūṣāya), see Payne 2007 (PhD diss.), 195; B1= Šamaš-udammiq/Iqīšāya//Rēˀi alpī (witness); B2= Bēl-nādin-aplu/Zēru-Bābili//Ileˀˀi-Marduk (witness); B3= Marduk-erība/Ibnāya//Egibi (witness); B4= Marduk/Marduk-nāṣir//Gimil-Nanāya (witness); C= Nabû-mukīn-apli/Zēria, scribe (ṭupšarru)