Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3446
Museum No.
YBC 06847
Primary Publication
YOS 7 001
CDLI P-Identifier
P307862
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. Acc.-X-21
Date BCE
07/01/538

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 e
Text Form
Contract (various verbs)
Legal Purpose
Guarantee (pūt ... našû, pūt šēpē ... našû)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Balāṭu/Kiribtu//Bābūtu (B) guarantees to Nabû-mukīn-zēri/Nādinu//Dābibī (NMZ), High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin (NAI), Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, that Kudurrānu/Nanāya-ilu (K), oblate of the Lady of Uruk, will not run away (pūt šēpē našû).

B will bring K to NMZ and NAI, to the granary (bīt karê), on the 22nd day of m.X. If he fails, B will pay 1 mina of silver to Eanna, and NMZ and NAI will search for K.

2 witnesses, including Nabû-bān-zēri/Nabû-būnu-šutur, High Priest (šatammu) of ... (di-nam/zi-ra-nu). 

Scribe: Šamaš-šumu-iddin/Kalbāya.

 

Legacy Paraphrase

Presentation of accused. Balāṭu/Kiribtu//Babutu guarantees the presence of Kudurrānu/Nanāya-ilu, oblate (širku) of the Lady of Uruk, at the Bīt karê on the 22nd Ṭebētu (X), to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna. If the latter does not show up, Balāṭu has to pay 1 mina of silver to the property (makkūr) of the Lady. Two witnesses and Šamaš-zēr-iddin/Iba, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, July 3, 2025, 10:44 a.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Dougherty 1923