Basic Metadata

NaBuCCo ID
3556
Museum No.
YBC 03866
Primary Publication
YOS 7 111
CDLI P-Identifier
P305224
Place of issue
Uruk city
Regional setting
Uruk region
Archive
Eanna temple
Period
Early Achaemenid
Babylonian Date (year-month-day):
Cam. 01-V-13
Date BCE
14/08/529

Digeanna

Van Driel Files
2 c
Text Form
Protocol (...)
Legal Purpose
Summons (adi ... abāku, alāku)
Transaction Type
not applicable
Domain (Eanna)
Higher-order management and policies
Format of the tablet
landscape

Content

Paraphrase

Gimillu/Innin-šumu-ibni (G) and Ardia/Nanāya-uṣalli (A) guarantee for 4 men, who are accused of misappropriation of ewes marked with the star symbol. G and A guarantee to hand those men over to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī High Priest (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, Royal Overseer (ša rēš šarri bēl piqitti) of Eanna, when they are summoned. Mutual guarantee. The 4 culprits are: Šamaš-…/Rēmūtu (Š), Dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni/Nabû-ina-kāri-lūmur (DAI), Ištar-rēṣûa (IR), slave (qallu) of Nanāya-iddin/Arad-Innin and Šumu-iddin/Nabû-ēdu-uṣur (ŠI). 2 ewes were slaughtered, one in the house of Š by Iqīša/Rēmūtu (I), ŠI, and Tattannu/Nabû-kīnu-uballiṭ, and another in the house of DAI by I and ŠI. One ewe was entrusted to IR by I and Basia/Ibnāya, the policeman (paqūdu).

3 witnesses, including Nabû-zēru-iddin, royal Horse Handler (šušānu).

Scribe: Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin.

Legacy Paraphrase

Presentation of accused. Gimillu/Innin-zēru-ibni and Ardiya/Nanāya-uṣalli promise to present Šamaš-mudammiq/Rēmūt, in whose house Iqīša/Rēmūt, Šumu-iddin/Nabû-ēdu-uṣur and Tattanu/Nabû-kīnu-uballiṭ killed a star-marked sheep, Ilu-dannu-aḫḫēšu-ibni/Nabu-ina-kāri-lūmur, in whose house Iqīša and Šumu-iddin  killed a star-marked sheep, Ištar-reṣûa slave of Nanāya-iddin/Arad-Innina, to whom Iqīša and Basiya/Ibnāya, the paqūdu, gave a star-marked sheep, and Šumu-iddin/Nabû-ēdu-uṣur, who killed a sheep together with Iqīša, to Nabû-mukīn-apli/Nādinu//Dābibī, bishop (šatammu) of Eanna, and Nabû-aḫu-iddin, royal representative (ša rēš šarri) and commissioner (bēl piqitti) of Eanna. They guarantee one another. Three witnesses and Gimillu/Innin-zēru-iddin, the scribe.


Further Information

Type and Content
Summonses/Oaths/Injunctions
last updated by
Julia Giessler, Aug. 1, 2025, 3:14 p.m.