Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3500
- Museum No.
- YBC 07544
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 055
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P308488
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cyr. 06-XII-27
- Date BCE
- 08/03/532
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 2 b
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Dispute-related proceedings (qabû, amāru, abāku)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
Nādinu/Zababa-ēreš (N), herdsman (nāqidu) of sheep and goats of the Lady of Uruk, tells Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī (NMA), High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin (NAI), Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, that Marduk-šarru-uṣur/Zabdī (MŠU) has beaten shepherds of the Lady of Uruk and released their sheep and goats from the shed (maškattu) 5 days earlier. He adds that 10 of the sheep were killed by wolves (barbaru), and presents their carcasses in the assembly. Upon being questioned by NMA and NAI in the assembly, MŠU confesses (eli ramni kânu D) that he had beaten Šamaš-[...] and [...]/Zababa-ēreš, and released their sheep. Zēria/Nanāya-ēreš, [...] of MŠU then swears by god in the assembly that a shepherd of the Lady of Uruk caused something to sheep and goats that involves a bank, the canal, something dead and wolves. Other details of his oath are lost in a lacuna. [...] and Nabû-zēru-līšir, […] of Nergal-īpuš, bēl […]-official state that the shed in question belongs to the Lady of Uruk.
5 witnesses.
Scribe: Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Nabû-kāṣir/Arrabtu.
The tablet has black stains.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Deposition of Nādinu/Zababa-ēreš, herdsman (nāqidu) of Eanna. He states 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, that Marduk-šarru-uṣur/Zabdiya assaulted temple shepherds and drove sheep out of their enclosure (maškattu) 5 days ago. Wolves attacked the wandering sheep and killed ten, the carcasses of which Nādinu presents. Both officials question Marduk-šarru-uṣur and he confesses to having beaten Šamaš-[…] and [Nādinu]/Zababa-ēreš and having released their sheep. Zēriya/Nanāya-ēreš//Kidin-Marduk serves as a witness to the facts and adds under oath that the sheep might also have drowned in a canal. [NN] and Nabû-zēru-līšir, both Aramaic scribes (sēpiru(?)) of Nergal-īpuš, a governor (lú.en-[…]) state that the enclosure in question in fact belonged to Eanna. Five witnesses and Nabû-zēru-ukīn/Nabû-kāṣir//Arrabtu, the scribe.
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Statements in court/Deposition
- last updated by
- Julia Giessler, Oct. 17, 2025, 9:46 a.m.
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Sandowicz 2012