Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3516
- Museum No.
- YBC 06928
- Primary Publication
- YOS 7 071
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P307942
- Place of issue
- Uruk city
- Regional setting
- Babylonia
- Places mentioned on Tablet
- Larsa
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Period
- Early Achaemenid
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cyr. 08-IV-18
- Date BCE
- 13/07/531
Digeanna
- Van Driel Files
- 1 c
- Text Form
- Protocol (...)
- Legal Purpose
- Statement (qabû)
- Transaction Type
- not applicable
- Domain (Eanna)
- Higher-order management and policies
- Format of the tablet
- landscape
Content
- Paraphrase
4 lamentation priests (kalû) of the Lady of Uruk (Šamaš-tabni-uṣur/Marduk-šāpik-zēri//Sîn-lēqe-unninī, chief of lamentation priests (galamāḫu), Širiktu/Šumu-ukīn//Iddin-Amurru, Nabû-zēru-līšir/Nabû-mukīn-apli//Sîn-lēqe-unninī, and Arad-Nusku/Šamaš-šumu-iddin//Sîn-lēqe-unninī) declare that they played the copper kettledrum (lilissu) at the Great Gate of Eanna on the 13th day of m.III of this year, without consulting Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, or being approached by them until the moment (simānu) they finished playing. They make this deposition before 11 men, including Imbia/Nanāya-ēreš//Kidin-Marduk, Governor (šākin ṭēmi) of Uruk.
Scribe: Arad-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Bēl-aplu-uṣur.
- Legacy Paraphrase
Deposition of the lamenters (kalû) of Eanna before the temple assembly. In the presence of Imbiya/Nanāya-ēreš//Kidin-Marduk, governor (šakin ṭēmi) of Uruk, Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna, Ša-Nabû-ṭāb, royal representative (qīpu) of Šalamu, and members of the Egibi, Iddin-Papsukal, Aḫu-bani, Šigû’a, Arrabtu, and Sîn-tabni-families, members of the assembly, Kidin-Marduk/Nabû-šumu-ukīn//Ēṭir, Arad-Bunene/Gimillu/Kudurranu, and Nabû-kabti-ilāni/Ina-qībi-Bēl/Eppeš-ilī state that the lamenters of the Ebabbar played the copper kettledrum (lillissu) at the temple gate and declared an eclipse in view of all the inhabitants of Larsa. Arad-Marduk/Marduk-šumu-iddin//Bēl-aplu-uṣur serves as the scribe.
Further Information
- Type and Content
- Statements in court/Deposition
- last updated by
- Julia Giessler, June 5, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
- Mentioned in the following publication(s)
- San Nicolò 1937