Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3231
Museum No.
BM 11439
CDLI P-Identifier
Place of issue
Uruk city
Type and Content
Securities for debts
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
NB
Year BCE
None
Editio princeps
Kozuh 2014
Kraeling 1953

Content

Paraphrase

Undertaking to guarantee the temporary release of an individual detained by the temple because of unpaid debts.

A takes responsibility (pūtu našû) for B towards (ina qatê) C, the temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna, until Simān (III) 13 Nbn. At (ina muhhi) the shearing (gizzu), A will pay (nadānu) to the Eanna the 1 mina of silver from (ina) the balance still pending (rēhu) against (ša muhhi) B and D, bring B back (târu D) to Uruk, and there, hand him over to C.

Witnesses (mukinnu): E1, E2, E3. Scribe (ṭupšarru): F.

 

A= Šumu-iddin/Nergal-ušallim; B= Rēmanni-Marduk/Bēl-ahhē-erība; C= Zēria/Ibnāya//Egibi, the temple administrator (šatammu) of Eanna; D= Nergal-nāṣir/Bibēa; E1= Nādin/Aplāya//Ahūˀa; E2= Apkallu/Nabû-nāṣir//Išparu; E3= Nādin/Nergal-ušallim//Mudammiq-Adad; F= Balāṭu/Sîn-ibni//Rēˀi-alpi, scribe (ṭupšarru)

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Nbn. 12-X-11

further information

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