Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3475
Museum No.
YBC 07551
Primary Publication
YOS 7 030
CDLI P-Identifier
P308494
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Ālu-ša-mār-šarri
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 03-XII-20
Date BCE
04/03/535

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
2 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

In the presence of Sîn-aḫu-iddin, the governor of Bīt Amukāni (mār ukānu), Nabû-šarru-uṣur/Bunnānu, Governor of Uruk (šākin ṭēmi), Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-aḫḫē-iddin//Nūr-Sîn, the judge (dayyānu), and 5 other individuals (Nabû-tattannu-uṣur/Iqīšāya//Kidin-Sîn, Rēmūt-Bēl/Bēl-uballiṭ//Gimil-Nanāya, (Elder Brother, aḫû rabû of Eanna), Sîn-ēreš/Nabû-šumu-līšir//Ibni-ilu, […]-Marduk/Nabû-šumu-līšir//Eṭēru, Marduk-nādin-aḫi/Bēl-uballiṭ//Būṣu), Bēl-aḫḫē-erība/Imbadāra declares that 5 donkeys belong to himself. These donkeys were confiscated from his house in (tp)Town-of-the-Crown-prince (ālu ša mār šarri) together with 5 head of cattle belonging to the Lady of Uruk and 1 hide marked with the star symbol.

Scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.

 

The tablet has several holes.

Legacy Paraphrase

Statement of Bēl-aḫḫē-erība/Imbadarāya regarding the 5 donkeys, 5 oxen and 1 animal skin marked with a star (kuš-tab-ba ša kakkabtu šendu) seized from his house in ālu-ša-mār-šarri. In front of various officials including Sîn-aḫḫē-iddin, the tribal chief (mār ukānu), Nabû-šarru-uṣur/Bunānu, the governor (šakin ṭēmi) and Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-aḫḫē-iddin/Nūr-Sîn, the judge, he stated that the donkeys were his property. Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin served as the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Statements in court/Deposition
last updated by
Julia Giessler, April 30, 2026, 12:56 p.m.