Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3224
- Museum No.
- YBC 03772
- Primary Publication
- YOS 6 233
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Neo-Babylonian
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Nbn. 13-IV-27
- Date BCE
- 09/08/543
Digeanna
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Domain (Eanna)
- Animal husbandry
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
Obligation to bring in livestock from the temple flock for branding.
The tablet stipulates that Nabû-nāṣir/Lâqīp should bring forth (abāku) 90 sheep and goats, the property (makkūru) of the Lady-of-Uruk and Nanāya debited against (ina muhhi) him, along with (itti) his (own?) fold (qabuttu), to be branded at the sluice-gate (bābu) of the Nāš-kāpiru canal in Nisan (I) 14 Nbn.
These 90 animals are the 70 rams (puhalu) and ewes (lahru) which Nabû-nāṣir/Lâqīp did not show (kullumu) to the messengers (mār šipri) of Zēria, the temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna and did not brand (šamātu). The rest are the 20 sheep and goats (ṣēnu) that the crown prince still owes (rēhu, lit. "outstanding balance") as tithe (ešru) for 12 Nbn. They remained behind (namarkû) at the disposal (ina pāni) of Ninurtāya, the crown prince’s herdsman (nāqidu).
All of this is apart (elat) from prior outstanding balances (rēhu).
Names of 4 witnesses (including Zēria, the temple administrator) and a scribe.
* For a similar contract see BM 114543.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Obligation to bring in livestock from the temple flock for branding.
The tablet stipulates that A should bring forth (abāku) 90 sheep and goats, the property (makkūru) of the Lady-of-Uruk and Nanāya debited against (ina muhhi) him, along with (itti) his (own?) fold (qabuttu), to be branded at the sluice-gate (bābu) of the Nāš-kāpiru canal in Nisan (I) 14 Nbn.
These 90 animals are the 70 rams (puhalu) and ewes (lahru) which A did not show (kullumu) to the messengers (mār šipri) of B, the temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna and did not brand (šamātu). The rest are the 20 sheep and goats (ṣēnu) that the crown prince still owes (rēhu, lit. "outstanding balance") as tithe (ešru) for 12 Nbn. They remained behind (namarkû) at the disposal (ina pāni) of C, the crown prince’s herdsman (nāqidu).
All of this is apart (elat) from prior outstanding balances (rēhu).
Names of 4 witnesses (including B, the temple administrator) and a scribe.
* For a similar contract see BM 114543.
A= Nabû-nāṣir/Lâqīp; B= Zēria, temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna; C= Ninurtāya
Further Information
- last updated by
- Kira Awege, June 30, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Yuval Levavi, Kathleen Abraham (07/09/2023)
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- YOS 6