Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3499
- Museum No.
- YBC 04147
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 054
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P305459
- Place of issue
- Broken
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cyr. 06-00-07
- Date BCE
- 533
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 1 e
- Text Form
- Order (i.a., adi ... VERB)
- Legal Purpose
- Guarantee (pūt ... našû, pūt šēpē ... našû)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
Anu-aḫu-iddin/Pirʼu//Ekur-zakir (AAI) guarantees to bring Aḫu-lūmur/[...] (AL), [...] of Ištar of Uruk, who owes outstanding dues (rēḫu) to the Lady of Uruk, and to hand him over to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti), until the 20th day of m.XIIb. Else, AAI has to pay 5 minas of silver on behalf of AL to the treasury of Eanna, while AL has to give to the treasury of Eanna the outstanding dues from himself and from his ancestors.
5 witnesses.
Scribe: Arad-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Bēl-aplu-uṣur.
Restoration of the month (m.XI or m.XII) based on the mentioning of the deadline.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Presentation of accused. Anu-aḫu-iddin/Pir’u promises to present the oblate (širku) Ahī-lumur/[PN], who owes a balance (of small cattle; rēḫu) to the Eanna, by 20-XIIbis, 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. If he fails to do so, he will have to pay 5 silver mina to the temple. Five witnesses and Arad-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Bēl-aplu-uṣur, the scribe.
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
- last updated by
- Julia Giessler, Feb. 25, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- AJSL 46 (1930), 73-103