Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3229
Museum No.
AO 6919
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
TCL 13

Content

Paraphrase

Obligation to deliver livestock to the temple for offerings.

The tablet lays down the obligation of A, the overseer of herds (rab būli), to bring in (abāku) 355 male yearling sheep (kalūmu mār šattu) from (ina) his outstanding balance (rēhu) and from balance of the herdsmen (nāqidu) under his control (ṣābu qātē) by the 1st of Šabāṭ! (XI) 3 Camb. He will then give them (nadānu) for (ana) the daily offerings (sattukku) of the Lady-of-Uruk, which begin on (ultu) the 1st of Šabāṭ (XI).

If A does not deliver the lambs, he will bear the punishment of the king (hīṭu ša šarru šadādu).

The document is written in the presence (ina ušuzzu) of B. Witnesses (mukinnu): C1, C2, and C3. Scribe (ṭupšarru) D.

 

A= Zēria/Nanāya-ēreš, overseer of herds (rab būli); B= Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Nādin//Dābibī, temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna; C1= Šamaš-mukīn-apli/Madān-ahhē-iddin//Šigūa; C2= Nādin/Bēl-ahhē-iqīša//Šigūa; C3= Marduk-nāṣir/Madān-ahhē-iddin//Šigūa; D= Arad-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Bēl-aplu-uṣur, scribe (ṭupšarru)

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 03-X-26

further information

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