Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3468
Museum No.
YBC 03743
Primary Publication
YOS 7 023
CDLI P-Identifier
P305101
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Bīt-Sîn-karābī-išme
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 02-IX-20+x
Date BCE
12/537

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 b
Text Form
Protocol (...)
Legal Purpose
Statement (qabû)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Kalbāya/Iqīša (K), rent farmer (ša muḫḫi sūti) of the Lady of Uruk, tells Šulāya/Ṭābia//Ḫunzû, Governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk, Nidinti-Bēl/Nabû-mukīn-zēri//Dābibī, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, that he gave 80!;0 dates to Imbia/Nanāya-ēreš//Kidin-Marduk in Cyr. Acc., but got nothing in exchange. The dates are the impost (imittu) of a field in the ‘thousand cubit’ field complex (līmu) at the settlement (tp)Bīt-Sîn-karābī-išme that is part of K’s rentfarm (sūtu), property of the Lady of Uruk, for Cyr. 01.

8 witnesses.

Scribe: Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi (restoration of the patronym based on YOS 7 003: 14 et al.)

Legacy Paraphrase

Deposition of Kalbāya/Iqīša, rent farmer (ša muhhi šūti) of the Lady of Uruk, against Imbiya/Nanāya-ēreš//Kidin-Marduk. The former declared to Šūlāya/Ṭābiya//Ḫunzû, decisive authority (šikin ṭēmi) of Uruk, Nidinti-Bēl/Nabû-mukīn-zēri//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, that he had given to Imbiya 90 kurru of barley from the estimated yield of a field in the ‘thousand’ (lim) field complex of the estate of Sîn-karābu-išme that pertained to his rent farm, but had never received anything in return. Eight witnesses and Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Statements in court/Depositions
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 2:52 p.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Cocquerillat 1968