Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3508
- Museum No.
- YBC 03812
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 063
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P305170
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Uruk region
- Places mentioned on Tablet
- Across-the-River (eber nāri)
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cyr. 07-XI-05
- Date BCE
- 03/02/531
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 7 b
- Text Form
- Contract (various verbs)
- Legal Purpose
- Other or sfs (various verbs)
- Transaction Type
- multiple transactions
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
The brothers Iqīša/Lâbâši//Šumu-libši and Balāṭu/Lâbâši//Šumu-libši owe 15 minas of silver to Eanna for consignment of merchandise (mēreštu) from (tp)Across-the-River (eber nāri). They shall buy goods (pure wine, pure syrup, bronze, iron, tin, and blue wool) there and send them to Eanna for the temple’s necessities (ḫišiḫtu). Mutual guarantee.
Written in the presence of Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna.
3 witnesses.
Scribe: Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Commercial partnership between Eanna and the brothers Iqīša and Balāṭu/Lâbâši//Šumu-libši in the form of a debt note. The temple gives the brothers 15 mina of silver designated as trade investment (mēreštu) to go buy wine, honey, bronze, iron, tin, and purple wool in Transeuphrates (Ebir-Nāri). The agreement is witnessed by Nidinti-Bēl/Nabû-mukīn-apli//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna. Three further witnesses and Nādinu/Bēl-aḫḫē-iqīša//Egibi, the scribe.
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Commercial partnerships
- last updated by
- Julia Giessler, March 20, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- Salonen 1976