YBC 03831

3 men make depositions about missing barley, about which Ibni-Ištar/Lā-qīpu, plowman (ikkaru) of the Lady of Uruk said that it was neither given to the temple nor for sowing. (1) Arrabu/Nabû-aḫu-ēreš swears on the iron dagger (patru) of the Lady of Uruk that a part of this barley that belonged to Bānia, a Nippurean, Eribāya/Naʼid-Marduk, Sîn-aḫu-uṣur/Barik-il, Tammeš-bara/Nabû-zēru-ukīn and Būnia, plowman, was [... (given to) ... (and) ...]/Iddin-Nanāya for sowing in his presence. (2) Kalbāya/Iqīša (restoration of the patronym based on YOS 7 093: 5) says to Nergal-īpuš that he gave out 150;0 barley from the rent (sūtu) of Nabû-bān-aḫi and Ištar-zēru-ibni for sowing. (3) Nabû-aḫu-iddin/Ḫarmaṣu says that he measured (madādu) 100;0 barley from Bānia/Bulṭâ and gave it as fodder (kissatu) to bird herders (rēʼi iṣṣūri) in (tp)Bīt-bārî (ālu bīt bārî).  

Neither witnesses nor scribe(s) are mentioned.

Depositions regarding the disappearance of barley. Ibni-Ištar/Laqīpu, a farmer (ikkaru), states that it was neither given to Eanna, nor issued as seed. Arrabi/Nabû-aḫu-ēreš confirms this by swearing on the iron dagger (patru parzillu) of the lady of Uruk, specifying that the barley belonged to Bāniya, a man of Nippur, Erība/Na’id-Marduk, Sîn-aḫu-uṣur/Barāki-ili, Šamaš-bārâka/Nabû-zēru-ukīn, Būnīya, a farmer (ikkaru), and that it was not given to PN/Iddin-Nanāya. Kalbāya/PN says to Nergal-īpuš, rent farmer, that he gave 150 kurru from Nabû-bān-aḫu and Ištar-zēru-iddin’s farm. Nabû-aḫu-iddin/Ḫarraṣu says he gave 100 kurru as bird food, measured by Bāniya/Bulluṭu in Bīt-bārû.