Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3539
Museum No.
YBC 09028
Primary Publication
YOS 7 094
CDLI P-Identifier
P309760
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Places mentioned on Tablet
Uruk city
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cyr. 08-XII-30
Date BCE
06/01/529

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
1 e
Text Form
Contract (various verbs)
Legal Purpose
Guarantee (pūt ... našû, pūt šēpē ... našû)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Šamaš-udammiq/Ina-tēšê-ēṭir (ŠU) guarantees to Nabû-mukin-apli, High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, for Šamaš-šumu-iddin/Kalbāya (ŠŠI). Should ŠŠI do […], ŠU will bear the penalty of […] (ḫīṭu clause) and ŠŠI will give […] in Eanna.

2 witnesses.

Scribe: Šamaš-tabni-uṣur/Marduk-šāpik-zēri//Sîn-leqe-unninnī.

Legacy Paraphrase

Debt securement. Šamaš-mudammiq/Ina-tēšî-ēṭir assumes the guarantee of Šamaš-šumu-iddin/Kalbāya for the payment of barley owed by the latter to the Eanna vis-à-vis Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti). Two witnesses and Šamaš-tabni-uṣur/Marduk-šāpik-zēri, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Securities for debts
last updated by
Małgorzata Sandowicz, July 3, 2025, 11:27 a.m.