Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3537
Museum No.
YBC 09089
Primary Publication
YOS 7 092
CDLI P-Identifier
P309821
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 06-III-11
Date BCE
29/05/533

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 g
Text Form
Order (i.a., adi ... VERB)
Legal Purpose
Injunction ((lā /ul) … VERB (present form))
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Zabdī, the Arab (Arbāya) will bear the punishment (ḫīṭu) of Gubāru, Governor (paḫātu) of Babylonia and (tp)Across-the-River (eber nāri), when he is seen with (f)Aḫāt-abīšu, a novice oblate (zakītu) of the Lady of Uruk. 

3 witnesses.

Scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.

Legacy Paraphrase

Injunction to Zabdiya “the Arab” (Arbāya). He cannot continue to associate with Aḫāt-abīšu, a dependent (zakītu) of Eanna, or he will bear the punishment (ḫīṭu) of Gubaru, the governor of Babylon and Transeuphrates. Three witnesses and Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Julia Giessler, June 25, 2025, 10:42 a.m.
Mentioned in the following publication(s)
Dougherty 1923