Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3503
Museum No.
YBC 03728
Primary Publication
YOS 7 058
CDLI P-Identifier
P305086
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 06-XII-12
Date BCE
21/02/532

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 c
Text Form
Protocol (...)
Legal Purpose
Conditional Decision (kî +Verb in perfect form)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Gimillu/Innin-šumu-ibni (G) shall bring his messenger (mār šipri) Gimil-Šamaš/Bēl-zēri (GŠ) to Nabû-mukīn-apli, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Overseer (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, because Šamšī-kīni wrote that he gave GŠ 25 shekels of silver. Else, i.e. if G misses to bring GŠ up to this deadline (adannu), G has to pay back this silver thirtyfold to Eanna.

3 witnesses.

Scribe: Pirʼu/Eanna-šumu-ibni.

Legacy Paraphrase

Presentation of accused. Gimillu/Innin-šumu-ibni promises to present his representative Gimil-Šamaš/Bēl-zēri, who is accused in writing by Šamšī-kīn of having fraudulently received 25 shekels of silver from the latter, 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 75 shekels. Three witnesses and Pir’u/Eanna-šumu-ibni, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 3 p.m.