Basic Metadata
- NaBuCCo ID
- 3542
- Museum No.
- YBC 06943
- CDLI P-Identifier
- P307957
- Place of issue
- Uruk
- Type and Content
- Statements in court/Deposition
- Archive
- Eanna temple
- Dossier
- None
- Period
- Each
- Year BCE
- 529
- Editio princeps
Content
- Paraphrase
Depositions regarding a failed escape attempt from the prison (bīt kīli) of Eanna. Nanāya-aḫu-iddin/Arad-Nabû, prison chief of Eanna, declares to Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti), and the assembly of the mār banê that in the night of 19-IX Nargiya/Ilu-gabari, temple shepherd, and Šamaš-bēl-kullati/Lâbâši tried to escape from prison (by cutting an opening with an iron knife) after having taken the temple oblate (širku) Damqiya hostage and wounding him by his collar, before being arrested. Both confess to the crime and add that they were helped by the temple oblate (širku) Nidintu from Raqqat-Šamaš in the service of Balāṭu, and Šamaš-abu-uṣur, the slave of Šamaš-ibni/Gimillu. Their knife is presented in court and Mannu-idāssu-īde, woman servant of Lâbâši, confesses to having given it to Šamaš-bēl-kullati. Six witnesses and Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddina scribe.
- Transliteration
- Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
- Cam. 00-IX-19
further information
- Imported (Person, Date)
- Legacy NaBuCCo ID
- None