Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3494
- Museum No.
- YBC 03769
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 049
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P305127
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Places mentioned on Tablet
- Uruk city
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cyr. 04-IX-07
- Date BCE
- 05/12/532
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 1 c
- Text Form
- Order (i.a., adi ... VERB)
- Legal Purpose
- Summons (adi ... abāku, alāku)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Second-order accounting
- True
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
By the 8th day of m.IX Nādinu/Ilu-talīmu-uṣur (N) shall bring (našû) the itemized list (bābu) and acknowledgement (idātu) of the payment of a debt note (uʼiltu) concerning property of Eanna, issued by Innin-šumu-uṣur/Arad-Innin (IŠU) at the expense of Šamaš-talīmu-uṣur/Zabidā, and present them (kullumu) to Nidinti-Bēl (NB), High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin (NAI), Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna. Else, N has to pay barley to the Lady of Uruk according to the debt note of IŠU. Nabû-udammiq/Nabû-ēṭir guarantees for the payment.
Written in the presence of NB/Nabû-mukīn-zēri//Dābibī and NAI.
4 witnesses.
Scribe: Šamaš-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Egibi.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Presentation of documents. Nādinu/Šamaš-talim-uṣur promises to present the main document and the annexes of a receipt concerning a debt towards the temple through Innin-šumu-uṣur/Arad-Innin and at the expense of his father Šamaš-talim-uṣur/Zabidāya and hand them over to Nidinti-Bēl/Nabû-mukīn-apli//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, by the next day. If he fails to do so, he has to pay the barley debt according to the amount produced by Innin-šumu-uṣur. Nabû-udammiq/Nabû-ēṭir guarantees payment. Four witnesses and Šamaš-mukīn-apli/Nādinu, the scribe.
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
- last updated by
- Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 2:56 p.m.