Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3464
Museum No.
YBC 04029
CDLI P-Identifier
P305341
Place of issue
Uruk
Type and Content
Statements in court/Depositions
Archive
Eanna temple
Dossier
None
Period
Each
Year BCE
536
Editio princeps

Content

Paraphrase

Deposition of Atanaḫ and Iddināya, fishermen (bā’iru). Both men are accused to have stolen a cow (its collar is presented as proof) from Eanna, more specifically its lands, with the aid of Bēl-kaṣir and Ištar-šarru-uṣur, also fishermen. They tried to bring the beast to Uruk, but were stopped at the city gates by Nādinu/Tabnea//Kurī and Iddināya/ Lūṣi-ana-nūr//Šumu-šubši (dayyālu), at which point their accomplices fled. Iddināya tries to justify the act by presenting an Aramaic letter (sipru) from Aplāya/Sîn-aḫu-iddin, but it is recognized as false (saštu). The jury members include Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, and Silim-ili, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and overseer of the royal cashbox in Eanna (ša muḫḫi quppi ša šarri ina Eanna) as well as five witnesses from the Kurī, Iddin-Amurru, Aḫ’utu, Nūr-Sîn, and Ḫunzû-families each and Šamaš-zēru-iddin/Aḫudan-Ištar//Ekur-zākir as the scribe.

Transliteration
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 03-III-06

further information

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Legacy NaBuCCo ID
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